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Denver (/ˈdɛnvər/) is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the United States and the fifth most populous state capital. It is the principal city of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the first city of the Front Range Urban Corridor.

Denver is located in the Western 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. Its downtown district is immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River, approximately 12 miles (19 kilometres) east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It is named after James W. Denver, a governor of the Kansas Territory. It is nicknamed the Mile High City because its official elevation is exactly one mile (5280 feet or 1609.344 meters) above sea level.[a] The 105th meridian west of Greenwich, the longitudinal reference for the Mountain Time Zone, passes directly through Denver Union Station.

Denver is ranked as a Beta world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. The 10-county Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 2,963,821 at the 2020 United States census, making it the 19th most populous U.S. metropolitan statistical area. The 12-county Denver-Aurora, CO Combined Statistical Area had a population of 3,623,560 at the 2020 United States census, making it the 17th most populous U.S. primary statistical area. Denver is the most populous city of the 18-county Front Range Urban Corridor, an oblong urban region stretching across two states with a population of 5,055,344 at the 2020 United States Census. Its metropolitan area is the most populous metropolitan area within a 560-mile (900 km) radius and the second most populous city in the Mountain West after Phoenix, Arizona. In 2016, it was named the best place to live in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.

Anding District, which means "peaceful and stable", belongs to Dingxi City, Gansu Province. It is the seat of Dingxi Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government. It is located in the central part of Gansu Province. It is 82.9km long from north to south and 73.3km wide from east to west, with a total area of 4225 square kilometers. The region has jurisdiction over 12 towns, 7 townships and 3 subdistrict offices, with a resident population of 430500 at the end of 2017. Anding District was built in 1096 AD (the second year of Shaosheng in the Northern Song Dynasty), named "Dingxizhai", and Dingxi County was founded in 1142 (the second year of Jin Huangtong). In September 2003, Dingxi County withdrew its county and set up a district, which was renamed as "Anding District of Dingxi City". Anding District is one of the birthplaces of the Yellow River civilization, the important town of the ancient "Silk Road" and the necessary place for the New Eurasian Continental Bridge. It is known as "Gansu throat and Lanzhou Gateway", which is far away from the provincial capital Lanzhou.
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