Denver

state">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. The 105t meridian wast o Greenwich passes throu Union Station an is the temporal reference for the Moontain Time Zone.

Denver
Ceety-coonty
Ceety an Coonty o Denver
Denver Skyline frae City Park, Denver
Banner Seal
Eik-name(s):  The Mile-Heich Ceety Queen Ceety o the Wast, Queen Ceety o the Plains, Wall Street of the West
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 / 39.73917; -104.98472
Kintra	Unitit States
State	Colorado
Ceety an Coonty	Denver
Foondit	22 November 1858, as Denver City, K.T.
Incorporatit	11/7/1861, as Denver City, C.T.
Consolidatit	November 15, 1902, as the City and County of Denver
Named for	James William Denver
Govrenment
• Teep	Consolidatit Ceety an Coonty
• Mayor	Michael Hancock (D)
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  (USCB estimate for July 1, 2011)
• 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
Area 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
Website	City and County of Denver
Most populous Colorado city Second most populous Colorado county

Denver's relationship wi Brest, Fraunce, begoud in 1948, makkin it the seicont-auldest sister ceety in the Unitit States. Syne than, Denver haes establisht relationships wi ither sister ceeties, an currently haes a total o ten pairtnerships:

• 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.

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