The 105th meridian west of Greenwich, the longitudinal reference for the Mountain Time Zone, passes directly through Denver Union Station.ĭenver is ranked as a Beta world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.
It is nicknamed the Mile High City because its official elevation is exactly one mile (5280 feet or 1609.344 meters) above sea level. Denver, a governor of the Kansas Territory. Its downtown district is immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River, approximately 12 mi (19 km) east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It is the principal city of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the first city of the Front Range Urban Corridor.ĭenver is located in the Southwestern United States, in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. It is the 19th-most populous city in the United States and the fifth most populous state capital. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 United States census, a 19.22% increase since the 2010 United States census. Capital and most populous city of the State of Coloradoĭenver ( / ˈ d ɛ n v ər/) is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S.
