Aurora, Colorado
| Aurora, Colorado | ||
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| Home Rule Municipality | ||
The Aurora Municipal Center
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| Nickname(s): The Gateway to the Rockies The Sunrise of Colorado |
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 Location in Arapahoe County and the State of Colorado |
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 Aurora, Colorado
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| Coordinates: 39°44′N 104°50′W / 39.73°N 104.83°WCoordinates: 39°44′N 104°50′W / 39.73°N 104.83°W | ||
| Country | United States | |
| State | Colorado | |
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Arapahoe County Adams County Douglas County |
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| Platted | 1891 as Fletcher | |
| Incorporated (town) | 1903-05-05, as the Town of Fletcher | |
| Incorporated (city) | 1929 as the City of Aurora | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Home Rule Municipality | |
| • Mayor | Steve Hogan (R) | |
| • City Manager | George (Skip) Noe | |
| Area | ||
| • Home Rule Municipality | 155.4 sq mi (402.6 km2) | |
| • Land | 154.7 sq mi (400.8 km2) | |
| • Water | 0.7 sq mi (1.8 km2) | |
| Elevation | 5,471 ft (1,648 m) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Home Rule Municipality | 325,078 | |
| • Estimate (2014) | 353,108 | |
| • Rank | US: 54th | |
| • Density | 2,282/sq mi (881.1/km2) | |
| • Urban | 2,374,203 (US: 18th) | |
| • Metro | 2,754,258 (US: 21st) | |
| Time zone | MST (UTC-7) | |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) | |
| ZIP codes | 80010-80019, 80040-80047 (all but 80045 PO Boxes), 80137, 80247 | |
| Area code(s) | Both 303 and 720 | |
| INCITS place code | 0804000 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 0204737 | |
| Highways | I-70, I-225, US 40, SH 30, SH 83, SH 88, E-470 | |
| Website | auroragov |
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Aurora (/əˈrɔərə/, /əˈrɔːrə/) is a Home Rule Municipality in the U.S. state of Colorado, spanning Arapahoe and Adams counties, with the extreme southeastern portion of the city extending into Douglas County. Aurora is one of the principal cities of the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area (Metro Denver). The city's population was 325,078 in the 2010 census, which made it the third most populous city in the state of Colorado and the 54th most populous city in the United States.
The Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area had an estimated population of 2,645,209 on July 1, 2012 (the 21st most populous MSA in the U.S.). However, Denver and Aurora combined make up less than half of the Denver Metro Area's population and Aurora has approximately half the population of Denver. The estimated population of Denver-Aurora, CO Combined Statistical Area was 3,214,218 on July 1, 2012 (16th most populous CSA).
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