
Country: United States of America Denver’s official name, the City and County of Denver, reflects its unusual status as a consolidated city and county. Colorado’s capital and largest city, it occupies the South Platte River valley just east of the Rocky Mountains’ Front Range, where the High Plains meet the mountains. With 715,522 residents recorded in 2020, Denver anchors a metropolitan area of 3.1 million people and serves as the economic and cultural heart of the wider Front Range Urban Corridor.
