The City Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the State of Colorado, USA. Denver is situated in the South Platte River Valley on the High Plains. The City Denver is located in the eastern side of the Southern Rocky Mountains. Denver is also popular as The Mile-High City because of its height, which is exactly one mile above from the sea level.
According to the United States Census Bureau estimate, which was conducted in 2006, the population of the city Denver was 566,974. The population of Denver city makes it the 27th most crowded U.S. city.
Denver's economy is depended partly on its geographic location and its link to some of the major transport systems of the country. Because Denver is the largest city within 600 miles, it has become a site for storage and distribution of goods and services to the Mountain States. Over the years, Denver has been home to some large corporations in the central United States, and in that way it has become a key trade point for the country.
In all over the Denver city you can find over 200 parks. These parks range from small mini-parks to the giant 314 acre City Park to the 14,000 acre Denver Mountain Parks. You can find the small parks in all over the whole city.
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Denver also has 28 recreation centers which provide places and programming for resident's leisure and entertainment.
In addition to the amusement parks within Denver, the city has mountain parks. Denver maintains around 40,000 acres of mountain parks. The most famous of them is Red Rocks Park. This park is famous for its beautiful scenery. All of these parks are important gathering places for residents of the city of Denver.
Denver is home to many institutions for higher learning. Few of them are mentioned below:
- University of Denver
- Metropolitan State College of Denver
- University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
- Johnson & Wales University
- Regis University
- Community College of Denver
- Heritage College
- National American University
- Yeshiva Toras Chaim Talmudical Seminary
- Iliff School of Theology
- Denver Seminary
- The Art Institute of Colorado
- Lincoln College of Technology
- FKA Denver Automotive and Diesel College
- Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design.
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