Aurora, Colorado
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The Ceety o Aurora (/əˈrɔərə/, /əˈrɔːrə/) is a Hame Rule Municipality in the U.S. state o Colorado, spannin Arapahoe an Adams coonties, wi the yondermaist sootheastren portion o the ceety stendin intae Douglas Coonty.
Aurora, Colorado | |
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Home Rule Municipality | |
Ceety o Aurora | |
The Aurora Municipal Center | |
Eik-name(s): The Gateway tae the Rockies The Sunrise o Colorado | |
Location in Arapahoe Coonty an the State o Colorado | |
Coordinates: 39.73°N 104.83°W | |
Kintra | Unitit States |
State | Colorado |
Coonties | Arapahoe Coonty[1] Adams Coonty Douglas Coonty |
Platted | 1891 as Fletcher |
Incorporatit (toun) | 1903-05-05, as the Town of Fletcher[2] |
Incorporatit (ceety) | 1929 as the Ceety o Aurora[3] |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Home Rule Municipality[1] |
• Mayor | Steve Hogan (R) |
• Ceety Manager | George (Skip) Noe |
Area | |
• Home Rule Municipality | 369.7 km2 (154.3 sq mi) |
• Laund | 369.1 km2 (154.1 sq mi) |
• Water | 0.2 km2 (0.2 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1648 m (5471 ft) |
Population | |
• Home Rule Municipality | 325,078 |
• Estimate (2014)[5] | 353,108 |
• Rank | US: 54t |
• Density | 880/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
• Urban | 2,374,203 (US: 18t) |
• Metro | 2,754,258 (US: 21st) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
ZIP codes | 80010-80019, 80040-80047 (aw but 80045 PO Boxes), 80137, 80247[6] |
Area code(s) | Baith 303 an 720 |
INCITS place code | 0804000 |
GNIS featur ID | 0204737 |
Heichways | I-70, I-225, US 40, SH 30, SH 83, SH 88, E-470 |
Website | www.auroragov.org |
Aurora haes a single sister ceety, Adama, Ethiopie, that wis established in 2014 efter Aurora Sister Ceeties Internaitional wis resurrect in 2013. The ceety o Aurora haed a previous sister ceety program frae 1988 tae 2004.[7]
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