Denver is the primate city in a radius of more than 500 miles (800 km). The city's economy is determined on its geographic position. Today Denver has a city population of about 682,500 inhabitants (in 2015), 2.8 million people live in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metropolitan area, more than half of the state's population.
Six years later, in 1867 the city became the permanent seat of government Colorado Territory, and on 1 August 1876 Colorado was admitted to the Union as 38th State. In 1861, Denver became part of the newly established Colorado Territory. In 1858 gold was discovered in the Rockies, thousands of venturers, merchants, miners, settlers, and prospectors set out for Colorado, and the site of today Denver became a makeshift mining town. The dome is plated with 24-karat gold leafs.
The capitol is made from Colorado rose onyx, a type of stone so rare that all known reserves were used in the capitol’s construction. Colorado State Capitol in Denver, Colorado.
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