Denver

The Ceety an Coonty o Denver () (Arapaho: Niinéniiniicíihéhe') 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  east o the fithills o the Rocky Muntains. Denver is eiknamit the Mile-Heich Ceety acause its offeecial elevation is exactly ae mile or  abuin sea level. The 105t meridian wast o Greenwich passes throu Union Station an is the temporal reference for the Moontain Time Zone.

 Sister ceeties 

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.

 Adjacent coonties an municipalities 

North: Adams Coonty, Commerce City, Thornton, WestminsterWast: Jefferson Coonty, Wheat Ridge, Lakeside, Mountain View, Edgewater, LakewoodDenverEnclave: Arapahoe Coonty, GlendaleAdams CoontyEast: AuroraArapahoe CoontySooth: Arapahoe Coonty, Bow Mar, Littleton, Sheridan, Englewood, Cherry Hills Village, Greenwood Village, Aurora

 References 

 Fremmit airtins 
 Ceety an Coonty o Denver wabsteid


Category:Ceeties in Colorado
Category:Colorado coonties
Category:Denver metropolitan aurie
Category:Coonty seats in Colorado
Category:Consolidatit ceety-coonties in the Unitit States
Category:Populatit places established in 1858
Category:1858 establishments in the Unitit States
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