Time to visit Denver Colorado
Denver is officially the City and County of Denver. Denver is the capital and most populous municipality in Colorado, United States. Denver is located in the South Plate River valley at the western end of the high plain, just east of the front range of the Rocky Mountains. With an estimated population of 727,211 in 2019, Denver is the 19th-most populous city in the United States, the fifth-most populous state capital, and the most populous city in the mountainous state. The metropolitan area around Denver represents the majority of the population and economic activity in the Front Range region, an area in which it is estimated that 85% of Colorado's population lives. The Denver suburban district immediately before the confluence of Cherry Creek with the South Plate River, about 12 miles (19 km) east of the foot of the Rocky Mountains. Denver is named after Kansas Territory Governor James W. Denver. Denver is ranked as a beta world city by the Globalization and World Cities Researc...