Denver

This airticle is aboot the ceety in Colorado. For ither uisses, see Denver (disambiguation).
Denver
Ceety-coonty
Ceety an Coonty o Denver
Denver Skyline frae City Park, Denver
Denver Skyline frae City Park, Denver
Banner o Denver
Banner
Official seal of Denver
Seal
Eik-name(s): 
The Mile-Heich Ceety[2] Queen Ceety o the Wast, Queen Ceety o the Plains,[3] Wall Street of the West[4]
Location o Denver in Colorado
Location o Denver in Colorado
Denver is located in the Unitit States
Denver
Denver
Location in the Unitit States
Coordinates: 39°44′21″N 104°59′5″W / 39.73917°N 104.98472°W / 39.73917; -104.98472
KintraUnitit States
StateColorado
Ceety an CoontyDenver[1]
Foondit22 November 1858, as Denver City, K.T.[5]
Incorporatit11/7/1861, as Denver City, C.T.[6]
ConsolidatitNovember 15, 1902, as the City and County of Denver
Named forJames William Denver
Govrenment
 • TeepConsolidatit Ceety an Coonty[1]
 • MayorMichael Hancock (D)[7]
Area
 • Ceety-coonty401.3 km2 (154.9 sq mi)
 • Laund397.2 km2 (153.3 sq mi)
 • Water4.1 km2 (1.6 sq mi)  1.03%
 • Metro
21,793 km2 (8414.4 sq mi)
Elevation1564–1731 m (5130–5680 ft)
Population
 (USCB estimate for July 1, 2011)[9]
 • Ceety-coonty619,968 (US: 23rd)
 • Density1561/km2 (4044/sq mi)
 • Metro
2,599,504 (US: 21st)
 • Demonym
Denverite
Time zoneUTC−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)Baith 303 an 720
FIPS code08-20000
GNIS featur ID0201738
Heich-gatesI-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
WebsiteCity and County of Denver
Most populous Colorado city
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 mile (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.

Sister ceeties

Main airticle: Sister ceeties o Denver, Colorado

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]

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

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

  1. ↑ a b "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs. Archived frae the original on 12 December 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2007.
  2. ↑ Claims to Fame – Geography Archived 2010-12-24 at the Wayback Machine, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007
  3. ↑ Queen City Archived 2010-11-21 at the Wayback Machine, Time (magazine), January 30, 1928, accessed April 13, 2007.
  4. ↑ "Denver: A Mile High And Climbing – Denver, Colorado". Parks & Recreation. 2001. Archived frae the original on 19 Januar 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)
  5. ↑ a b c "Denver Facts Guide – Today". The City and County of Denver. Archived frae the original on 3 Februar 2007. Retrieved 19 Mairch 2007.
  6. ↑ "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. 1 December 2004. Archived frae the original on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2007.
  7. ↑ "Interim Mayor Vidal to be sworn in Jan. 12". Denver Post. Retrieved 17 Januar 2011.
  8. ↑ "Elevations and Distances in the United States". United States Geological Survey. 29 Apryle 2005. Archived frae the original on 22 Julie 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
  9. ↑ "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. Retrieved 17 Apryle 2016.
  10. ↑ "ZIP Code Lookup" (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service. 18 August 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2007.
  11. ↑ "English-Arapaho dictionary". Retrieved 23 Mey 2012.
  12. ↑ "Brest France". Denver Sister Cities International. Retrieved 30 Mairch 2010.
  13. ↑ "Denver Sister Cities International". Retrieved 18 Mey 2012.
  14. ↑ "Baghdad-Denver Region Partnership". Denver Regional Council of Governments. Archived frae the original on 18 Juin 2012. Retrieved 18 Mey 2012.

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