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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.

Puge County, which belongs to Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, is located in the east of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, located between 27 °13 & #39;-27 °30 & #39; in north latitude and 102 °26 & #39;-102 °46 & #39; in east longitude. Butuo County, Ningnan County, Dechang County, Xichang City and Zhaojue County are bordered to the east, south, west, northwest and north respectively. Puji Town, the county seat, is 74 kilometers north from Xichang, the state capital. Located in the southwest of Sichuan Province and southeast of Liangshan Prefecture, it covers an area of 1918 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 34 townships, 153 administrative villages and 8 neighborhood committees. Puge County, which has 21 ethnic groups, including Yi, Han and Hui, is the birthplace of the Yi Torch Festival. It is an ethnic minority county with Yi as the main body and approved by the State Council.
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