The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of Colorado,
in the United States.
Denver is located in the South Platte River Valley on the High Plains
just east of the Front Range of the Southern Rocky Mountains.
The Denver downtown district is located immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek
with the South Platte River, approximately 15 miles (24 km) east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
Denver is nicknamed the Mile-High City because its official elevation is exactly one mile
(5280 feet or 1609.344 m) above sea level.
The United States Census Bureau estimates that, in 2006, the population of the City and
County of Denver was 566,974, making it the 26th most populous U.S. city.
The Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area had an estimated 2006 population of 2,408,750
and ranked as the 21st most populous U.S. metropolitan statistical area,
and the larger Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area had an estimated 2006 population
of 2,927,911 and ranked as the 17th most populous U.S. metropolitan area.
The city claims to have the 10th largest downtown in the United States.
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Crested Butte
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Eagle
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Keystone
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Silverthorne
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