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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.

Yongning County, which belongs to Yinchuan City, is located in the middle of the Yellow River diversion Irrigation area of Yinchuan Plain in Ningxia, facing the Yellow River to the east and Helan Mountain to the west. It is a suburban county of Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous region, and is located to the south of Yinchuan City. It has jurisdiction over 5 towns, 1 township, 1 street and 2 state-owned farms, with a total area of 934 square kilometers and a total population of 230957 (2013). The government is stationed in Yang Wo Street. The Najia Mosque, the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, Li Jun Pagoda and other monuments are key cultural relics protection units in Ningxia Hui Autonomous region. In 2012, Yongning County completed a regional GDP of 7.645 billion yuan and local revenue of 1.362 billion yuan. In October 2017, Yongning County was named the National Garden County by the Ministry of Housing and Construction. In November 2017, Yongning County was awarded the "Top Ten quality Leisure Counties of 2017 in China".
Travel Notes In Yongning County