Boulder, Colorado | |
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City of Boulder, Colorado[1] | |
Location of the City of Boulder in the United States | |
Coordinates: 40°00′54″N 105°16′14″W / 40.01500°N 105.27056°W[2] | |
Country | United States |
State | Colorado |
County | Boulder County seat[1] |
Settled | 1858 as Boulder City, N.T. |
Incorporated | 1871-11-04[3] |
Government | |
• Type | Home rule municipality[1] |
• Mayor | Aaron Brockett (D)[4] |
• Mayor Pro Tem | Junie Joseph [5] |
Area | |
• Total | 27.366 sq mi (70.877 km2) |
• Land | 26.328 sq mi (68.188 km2) |
• Water | 1.038 sq mi (2.689 km2) |
Elevation | 5,318 ft (1,621 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 108,250 |
• Rank | 12th in Colorado 289th in United States |
• Density | 4,112/sq mi (1,588/km2) |
• Metro | 330,758 (155th) |
• CSA | 3,623,560 (17th) |
• Front Range | 5,055,344 |
Demonym | Boulderite |
Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
ZIP Codes[7] | 80301-80310, 80314, 80321-80323, 80328, 80329 |
Area code(s) | Both 303 and 720 |
FIPS code | 08-07850 |
GNIS feature ID | 178680[2] |
Highways | |
Website | bouldercolorado |
Boulder is a city in the state of Colorado, in the United States. It is the county seat[8] of Boulder County. Boulder is in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The city's height is 5,430 feet (1,660 m). It is 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Denver. In 2020, there were 108,250 people living the City of Boulder.[9] The Boulder Metropolitan Statistical Area has 330,758 people living in it.[10]
Boulder is famous for its history and its Western traditions. In the late 1960s, lots of hippies moved to Boulder. The main campus of the University of Colorado, the University of Colorado at Boulder, is also here. CU Boulder is the biggest university in Colorado. The city is thought to be one of the best cities for health, well-being, quality of life, education, and art.[11]