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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.

Dali County, which belongs to Weinan City, Shaanxi Province, is located in the eastern part of the Weibei Plain in Guanzhong, Shaanxi Province, and the confluence area of Huang, Luo and Wei Rivers. The Weihe River is adjacent to Tongguan, Huazhou District and Huayin City in the south, Linwei District and Pucheng County to the west, Chengcheng County and Heyang County to the north, and the Yellow River to the east to Yongji County in Shanxi Province. It is between 34 °36 degrees north latitude 35 °02 'and 109 °43 degrees east longitude 110 °19'. The total area is 1800 square kilometers. Dali County is one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation. About 200000 years ago, Dali people thrived on this fertile soil. Since the Spring and Autumn period, Dali has established a state and established a government. There are 4 national cultural relics protection units, 9 provincial cultural relics protection units, Wei Great Wall site, Tang Jinlong Pagoda, Cenlou of Song Dai Temple and Qingfengtu.
Travel Notes In Dali County