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Denver

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Denver is the capital of the western U.S. state of Colorado and the dominant city of the Rocky Mountain Region. Founded in 1858 as the placer gold mining camp known as the Cherry Creek Diggings, the "Mile-High City" is today the most populous city within a 560-mile radius and the center of the Front Range Urban Corridor of more than five million residents.

Aurora

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Aurora is a city of about 400,000 of the Denver Metropolitan Area in the western U.S. state of Colorado. The city lies immediately east of Denver in Arapahoe, Adams, Douglas, and Elbert counties. In 2008 it was named the "All American City."…

Lakewood

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Lakewood is a city of about 160,000 in the Denver Metropolitan Area of the western U.S. state of Colorado. The city lies in Jefferson County, immediately west of Denver and east of the Front Range foothills.

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Arvada

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Arvada is a city of about 125,000 in the Denver Metropolitan Area of the U.S. state of Colorado. A former farming community in Jefferson and Adams counties, the city is now a residential suburb of Denver.

Westminster

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Westminster is a city of about 115,000 in the Denver Metropolitan Area of the western U.S. state of Colorado. The city lies northwest of Denver in Adams and Jefferson counties.

Thornton

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Thornton is a city of about 144,000 in the Denver Metropolitan Area of the western U.S. state of Colorado. The city lies northwest of Denver in Adams and Weld counties.

Broomfield

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Broomfield is a combined city and county of about 77,000 in the Denver Metropolitan Area of the western U.S. state of Colorado. Broomfield lies 14 miles northwest of Denver and 12 miles southeast of Boulder.

Littleton

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Littleton is a city of about 45,000 in the Denver Metropolitan Area of the western U.S. state of Colorado. The seat of Arapahoe County and also extending into adjacent Arapahoe and Douglas counties, the city lies south of Denver along the South Platte River.

Golden

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Golden is a city in the Denver Area of Colorado. It sits at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, and distance-wise is roughly halfway between the cities of Boulder and Denver.

Denver International Airport

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Denver International Airport is the main airport serving the Denver region of Colorado, USA. Locally known as DIA, the airport is 19 mi northeast of Downtown Denver and is one of the ten busiest airports in the world.

Brighton

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Brighton is a city of about 42,000 in the Denver Metropolitan Area of the western U.S. state of Colorado. The seat of Adams County and also extending into adjacent Weld County, the city lies northeast of Denver along the South Platte River.

Centennial

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Centennial is a suburban city of about 106,000 in the Denver Metropolitan Area of the western U.S. state of Colorado. The city lies in Douglas County southeast of Denver.

Englewood

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Englewood is a city of 35,000 people in the Denver Area of Colorado. Englewood is a full-service city with its own, independent park, library, and public works systems, but little to draw visitors.

Castle Rock

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Castle Rock is a town of about 81,000 in the Denver Metropolitan Area of the western U.S. state of Colorado. The seat of Douglas County, the town lies 26 miles south-southeast of Denver.

Greenwood Village

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Greenwood Village is a city of about 15,000 in the Denver Metropolitan Area of the U.S. state of Colorado. The city lies southeast of Denver in Arapahoe County.

Morrison

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Morrison is a small town of about 400 souls nestled in the Front Range foothills of the Denver Metropolitan Area in the U.S. state of Colorado. The town is located 12 miles southeast of Denver in Jefferson County.

Highlands Ranch

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Highlands Ranch is an unincorporated community of about 105,000 in the Denver Metropolitan Area of the U.S. state of Colorado. The residential suburb lies south of Denver in Douglas County.

Evergreen

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Evergreen is an unincorporated community of about 9500 in the Denver Metropolitan Area of the U.S. state of Colorado. The residential suburb lies in the Front Range foothills west-southwest of Denver in Jefferson County.

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