Aurora, Colorado

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
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
Aurora, Colorado Location in the contiguous Unitit States
Coordinates: 39.73°N 104.83°W / 39.73; -104.83
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  (2010)[4]
• 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
Third maist populous Colorado ceety

Sister ceeties

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]