| Denver | |||
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| Ceety-coonty | |||
| Ceety an Coonty o Denver | |||
 Denver Skyline frae City Park, Denver | |||
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| Nickname(s): The Mile-Heich Ceety[1] Queen Ceety o the Wast, Queen Ceety o the Plains,[2] Wall Street of the West[3] | |||
 Location o Denver in Colorado | |||
  Denver Location in the Unitit States | |||
| Coordinates: 39°44′21″N 104°59′5″W / 39.73917°N 104.98472°W | |||
| Kintra | Unitit States | ||
| State | Colorado | ||
| Ceety an Coonty | Denver[4] | ||
| Foondit | 22 November 1858, as Denver City, K.T.[5] | ||
| Incorporatit | 11/7/1861, as Denver City, C.T.[6] | ||
| Consolidatit | November 15, 1902, as the City and County of Denver | ||
| Named for | James William Denver | ||
| Govrenment | |||
| • Teep | Consolidatit Ceety an Coonty[4] | ||
| • Mayor | Michael Hancock (D)[7] | ||
| Aurie[5] | |||
| • Ceety-coonty | 401.3 km2 (154.9 sq mi) | ||
| • Laund | 397.2 km2 (153.3 sq mi) | ||
| • Watter | 4.1 km2 (1.6 sq mi) 1.03% | ||
| • Metro | 21,793 km2 (8,414.4 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation[8] | 1,564–1,731 m (5,130–5,680 ft) | ||
| Population (USCB estimate for July 1, 2011)[9] | |||
| • Ceety-coonty | 619,968 (US: 23rd) | ||
| • Density | 1,561/km2 (4,044/sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 2,599,504 (US: 21st) | ||
| • Demonym | Denverite | ||
| Time zone | MST (UTC−7) | ||
| • Simmer (DST) | MDT (UTC−6) | ||
| ZIP codes | 80201–80212,80202 80214–80239, 80241, 80243–80244, 80246–80252, 80256–80266, 80271, 80273–80274, 80279–80281, 80290–80291, 80293–80295, 80299, 80012, 80014, 80022, 80033, 80123, 80127[10] | ||
| Aurie code(s) | Baith 303 an 720 | ||
| FIPS code | 08-20000 | ||
| GNIS featur ID | 0201738 | ||
| Heich-gates | I-25, I-70, I-76, I-225, I-270, US 6, US 40, US 85, US 285, US 287, CO 2, CO 26, CO 30, CO 35, CO 83, CO 88, CO 95, CO 121, CO 177, CO 265, CO 470, E-470 | ||
| Wabsteid | City and County of Denver | ||
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Second most populous Colorado county | |||
The Ceety an Coonty o Denver (/ˈdɛnvər/) (Arapaho: Niinéniiniicíihéhe')[11] is the lairgest ceety an the caipital o the U.S. state o Colorado. Denver is the seicont maist populous coonty in Colorado efter El Paso Coonty. Denver is a consolidatit ceety an coonty locatit in the Sooth Platte River Valley on the wastren edge o the Hie Plains juist east o the Front Range o the Rocky Muntains. The Denver dountoun destrict is locatit immediately east o the confluence o Cherry Creek wi the Sooth Platte River, aboot 12 miles (19 km) east o the fithills o the Rocky Muntains. Denver is eiknamit the Mile-Heich Ceety acause its offeecial elevation is exactly ae mile or 5,280 feet (1,609.344 m) abuin sea level.[5] The 105t meridian wast o Greenwich passes throu Union Station an is the temporal reference for the Moontain Time Zone.
Table o contents
- 1 Sister ceeties
- 2 Adjacent coonties an municipalities
- 3 References
- 4 Fremmit airtins
Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
Denver's relationship wi Brest, Fraunce, begoud in 1948, makkin it the seicont-auldest sister ceety in the Unitit States.[12] Syne than, Denver haes establisht relationships wi ither sister ceeties, an currently haes a total o ten pairtnerships:[13]
- Brest, Fraunce, (1948)
- Takayama, Japan (1960)
- Nairobi, Kenyae (1975)
- Karmiel, Israel (1977)
- Cuernavaca, Mexico (1983)
- Potenza, Italy (1983)
- Chennai, Indie (1984)
- Kunming, Cheenae (1985)
- Axum, Ethiopie (1995)
- Ulan Bator, Mongolie (2001)
In addition tae thir, the Denver Regional Council of Governments (consistin o the ceety an 51 ither local govrenments) haes establisht a "sister ceety" relationship wi the Baghdad Province, ane o Iraq's aichteen provinces.[14]
Adjacent coonties an municipalities[eedit | eedit soorce]
| North: Adams Coonty, Commerce City, Thornton, Westminster | ||
| Wast: Jefferson Coonty, Wheat Ridge, Lakeside, Mountain View, Edgewater, Lakewood | Denver Enclave: Arapahoe Coonty, Glendale |
Adams Coonty East: Aurora Arapahoe Coonty |
| Sooth: Arapahoe Coonty, Bow Mar, Littleton, Sheridan, Englewood, Cherry Hills Village, Greenwood Village, Aurora |
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Claims to Fame – Geography, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007
- ↑ Queen City, Time (magazine), January 30, 1928, accessed April 13, 2007.
- ↑ "Denver: A Mile High And Climbing – Denver, Colorado". Parks & Recreation. 2001.[deid airtin]
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved November 16, 2007.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Denver Facts Guide – Today". The City and County of Denver. Retrieved March 19, 2007.
- ↑ "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. December 1, 2004. Retrieved December 5, 2007.
- ↑ "Interim Mayor Vidal to be sworn in Jan. 12". Denver Post. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
- ↑ "Elevations and Distances in the United States". United States Geological Survey. April 29, 2005. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
- ↑ "Annual Resident Population Estimates, Estimated Components of Resident Population Change, and Rates of the Components of Resident Population Change for States and Counties: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015" (CSV). 2015 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. July 1, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ↑ "ZIP Code Lookup" (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service. August 18, 2007. Retrieved October 16, 2007.
- ↑ "English-Arapaho dictionary". Retrieved 2012-05-23.
- ↑ "Brest France". Denver Sister Cities International. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
- ↑ "Denver Sister Cities International". Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ↑ "Baghdad-Denver Region Partnership". Denver Regional Council of Governments. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
Fremmit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
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