Denver
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Denver | |
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| Ceety an Coonty o Denver | |
 Denver Skyline fraeCity Park, Denver | |
 Banner  Seal | |
| Eik-name(s): | |
 Location o Denver inColorado | |
  Denver Location in the Unitit States | |
| Coordinates:39°44′21″N104°59′5″W/ 39.73917°N 104.98472°W | |
| Kintra | Unitit States |
| State | Colorado |
| Ceety an Coonty | Denver[1] |
| 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[1] |
| • Mayor | Michael Hancock(D)[7] |
| Area | |
| •Ceety-coonty | 401.3 km2(154.9 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 397.2 km2(153.3 sq mi) |
| • Water | 4.1 km2(1.6 sq mi) 1.03% |
| • Metro | 21,793 km2(8414.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1564–1731 m (5130–5680 ft) |
| Population | |
| •Ceety-coonty | 619,968 (US:23rd) |
| • Density | 1561/km2(4044/sq mi) |
| •Metro | 2,599,504 (US:21st) |
| •Demonym | Denverite |
| Time zone | UTC−7(MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6(MDT) |
| 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] |
| Area code(s) | Baith303an720 |
| 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 |
| Website | City and County of Denver |
Second most populous Colorado county | |
TheCeety an Coonty o Denver(/ˈdɛnvər/) (Arapaho:Niinéniiniicíihéhe')[11]is the lairgest ceety an the caipital o theU.S. stateoColorado.Denver is the seicont maist populous coonty in Colorado efterEl Paso Coonty.Denver is aconsolidatit ceety an coontylocatit in theSooth Platte River Valleyon the wastren edge o theHie Plainsjuist east o theFront Rangeo theRocky Muntains.The Denver dountoun destrict is locatit immediately east o the confluence oCherry Creekwi theSooth Platte River,aboot 12 mile (19 km) east o thefithillso the Rocky Muntains. Denver iseiknamittheMile-Heich Ceetyacause its offeecial elevation is exactly ae mile or 5,280 feet (1,609.344 m) abuin sea level.[5]The105t meridian wast o Greenwichpasses throuUnion Stationan is the temporal reference for theMoontain Time Zone.
Sister ceeties
[eedit|eedit soorce]Denver's relationship wiBrest, Fraunce,begoud in 1948, makkin it the seicont-auldestsister ceetyin 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, theDenver Regional Council of Governments(consistin o the ceety an 51 ither local govrenments) haes establisht a "sister ceety" relationship wi theBaghdad Province,ane oIraq's aichteen provinces.[14]
Adjacent coonties an municipalities
[eedit|eedit soorce]References
[eedit|eedit soorce]- ↑ab"Active Colorado Municipalities".State of Colorado,Department of Local Affairs. Archived fraethe originalon 12 December 2009.Retrieved16 November2007.
- ↑Claims to Fame – GeographyArchived2010-12-24 at theWayback Machine,Epodunk,accessed April 16, 2007
- ↑Queen CityArchived2010-11-21 at theWayback Machine,Time (magazine),January 30, 1928, accessed April 13, 2007.
- ↑"Denver: A Mile High And Climbing – Denver, Colorado".Parks & Recreation.2001. Archived fraethe originalon 19 Januar 2012.Retrieved1 August2012.Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (help) - ↑abc"Denver Facts Guide – Today".The City and County of Denver. Archived fraethe originalon 3 Februar 2007.Retrieved19 Mairch2007.
- ↑"Colorado Municipal Incorporations".State of Colorado,Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. 1 December 2004.Retrieved5 December2007.
- ↑"Interim Mayor Vidal to be sworn in Jan. 12".Denver Post.Retrieved17 Januar2011.
- ↑"Elevations and Distances in the United States".United States Geological Survey.29 Apryle 2005. Archived fraethe originalon 22 Julie 2012.Retrieved22 November2010.
- ↑"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. 1 Julie 2015.Retrieved17 Apryle2016.
- ↑"ZIP Code Lookup"(JavaScript/HTML).United States Postal Service.18 August 2007.Retrieved16 October2007.
- ↑"English-Arapaho dictionary".Retrieved23 Mey2012.
- ↑"Brest France".Denver Sister Cities International.Retrieved30 Mairch2010.
- ↑"Denver Sister Cities International".Retrieved18 Mey2012.
- ↑"Baghdad-Denver Region Partnership".Denver Regional Council of Governments. Archived fraethe originalon 18 Juin 2012.Retrieved18 Mey2012.
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