page_title: List of cities and towns in Colorado
section_title: Statutory city
hierarchical_section_title: List of cities and towns in Colorado / Municipal government / Statutory city
caption_attribution_description: Leadville, CO Hotel Vendome, Kodachrome photgraph by Chalmers butterfield
context_page_description: Colorado is a state located in the Western United States. Colorado currently has 271 incorporated municipalities, comprising 196 towns, 73 cities, and two consolidated city and county governments.
context_section_description: Colorado has 12 statutory cities:
  Colorado statutory cities operate under Title 31, Article 1, Section 203 and Article 4, Section 100 or Section 200 of the Colorado Revised Statutes.  Statutory cities have an elected mayor and a city council composed of the mayor and two members elected from each ward.  A statutory city may petition to reorganize as a Section 200 statutory city with an appointed city manager and a city council with two members elected from each ward and one member elected at large. The mayor may be the city council member elected at large or the city council may appoint a mayor.
caption: The historic City of Leadville, pictured here in the mid-20th century, is a statutory city.
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