Facts about Denver, Colorado

• Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado.
• Denver City was founded in November 1858.
• The Denver metropolitan area has about 1,815,140 Facebook users. Women account for about 55% of the profiles in the Mile-High City. Overall, about 28% of Denver’s Facebook users are in their twenties.
• Denver is nicknamed the "Mile-High City" because its elevation is one mile (1,609 m) above sea level.
• Denver has 54,000 fans of snowboarding fans and 35,000 skiing fans.
• The University of Denver has 38,940 graduates in the United States. Out of those graduates, almost half still live in the Denver area. The school has over 3,300 students currently enrolled.
• Denver is the 24th most populous city in the country.
• The first permanent structure in Denver was a saloon.
• Denver has three hundred days of bright sunshine a year, more annual hours of sun than San Diego or Miami Beach.