[ The city is about 5 percent more extensive than neighboring ]Denver
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and ranks as the 56th largest U.S. city in land area.
Neighborhoods
Aurora is composed of dozens of neighborhoods, districts and (current and former) military installations. Among them:
* Aurora Heights
* The Aurora Highlands
* Adonea
* Aurora Hills
* Aurora Knolls
* Beacon Point
* Berkshire Village
* Blackstone
* Brookvale
* Buckley Space Force Base
Buckley Space Force Base is a United States Space Force base in Aurora, Colorado named after United States Army Air Service First Lieutenant John Harold Buckley. The base is run by Space Base Delta 2, with major units including the U.S. Space For ...
* Carriage Place
* Chadsford
* Chaddsford Village
* Chambers Heights
* Chelsea
* Cinnamon Village II
* Conservatory
* Copperleaf
* Corning
* Crestridge
* Cross Creek
* The Dam East
* Del Mar
* The Dam West
* Downtown A-Town (the Fletcher
Fletcher may refer to:
People
* Fletcher (occupation), a person who fletches arrows, the origin of the surname
* Fletcher (singer) (born 1994), American actress and singer-songwriter
* Fletcher (surname)
* Fletcher (given name)
Places
United ...
townsite, Aurora's "downtown")
* Eastridge
* East Quincy Highlands
* Fitzsimons Campus
* Fox Hill
* Greenfield
* Hallcraft's Village East
* Hampton Hills
* Havana Heights
* Heather Gardens
* Heather Ridge
* Heritage Eagle Bend Golf Club
* Highline Villages
* Highpoint
* Hillside at Del Mar
* Hoffman Heights
* Hutchinson Heights
* Inspiration
* Jackson Farm
* Kingsborough
* Laredo-Highline
* Lowry Campus (formerly Lowry Air Force Base
Lowry Air Force Base (Lowry Field in 1938–1948) is a former United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) training base during World War II and a United States Air Force (USAF) training base during the Cold War, serving as the initial 1955–1958 si ...
)
* Lynn Knoll
* Meadowood
* Meadow Hills
* Mission Viejo
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* Morris Heights
* Murphy Creek
* Peoria Park
* Pheasant Run
* Piney Creek
* Ponderosa Ridge
* Pride's Crossing
* Ptarmigan Park
* Queensborough
* Quincy Hill
* Rocking Horse
* Saddle Rock
* Settler's Village
* Serenity Ridge
* Seven Hills
* Shenandoah
* Stapleton (a portion of the redevelopment
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Variations on redevelopment include: ...
of Denver's former airport lies in Aurora, directly north of Original Aurora)
* Siena
* Smoky Hill
* Smoky Ridge
* Sterling Hills
* Stricker's House
* Summer Valley Ranch
* Tallgrass
* Tallyn's Reach
* The Timbers
* Tollgate Run at Kingsborough
* Tollgate Village
* Traditions
* Tuscany
* Utah Park
* Village East
* Waters Edge
* Wheatlands
* Whispering Pines
* Willow Park
* Willow Trace
* Woodgate
* Woodrim
Surrounding municipalities
Climate
Aurora experiences a semi-arid climate
A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of semi-ar ...
(Köppen climate classification
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'' ''BSk''''), with four distinct seasons and modest precipitation year-round. Summers range from mild to hot, with generally low humidity and frequent afternoon thunderstorm
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s, and Aurora also averages about one dozen tornado warnings throughout tornado season
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, running from April–July. Although a touchdown does occur every couple of years, tornadoes are typically weak and short lived. Aurora residents typically hear the tornado sirens go off numerous times more than residents in Denver, to the West. All of Aurora is located east of I-25, where tornado alley begins. Hailstorms, at times 1–2'+ deep happen on occasion, and typical hailstorms are very common throughout these months. July is the warmest month of the year, with an average high of and an average low of . Winters range from mild to occasional bitter cold, with periods of sunshine alternating with periods of snow
Snow comprises individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes.
It consists of frozen crystalline water throughout ...
, high winds and very low temperatures. December is the coldest month of the year, with an average high of and an average low of . The average first snowfall in the Aurora area occurs in late October and the average final snowfall occurs in late April, although snow has fallen as early as September 4 and as late as June 5. Generally, deciduous trees in the area are bare from mid October to late April.
Demographics
As of the 2010 census, there were 325,078 people, 121,191 households, and 73,036 families residing in the city. The population density
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was . There were 131,040 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 61.1% White
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, 15.7% African American
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, 4.9% Asian
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* Items from or related to the continent of Asia:
** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
(1.1% Korean, 0.8% Vietnamese, 0.5% Filipino, 0.5% Chinese, 0.5% Indian, 0.2% Japanese, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% Cambodian, 0.1% Burmese, 0.1% Nepalese, 0.1% Pakistani, 0.1% Indonesian), 1.0% Native American, 0.3% Pacific Islander
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, 11.6% from other races
Other often refers to:
* Other (philosophy), a concept in psychology and philosophy
Other or The Other may also refer to:
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* ''The Other'' (1913 film), a German silent film directed by Max Mack
* ''The Other'' (1930 film), a ...
, and 5.2% from two or more races. Hispanic
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or Latino
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* Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America
* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
* The people or cultures of Latin America;
** Latin A ...
of any race were 28.7% of the population; 21.9% of Aurora's population is of Mexican heritage, 1.0% Salvadoran, 0.7% Puerto Rican, 0.4% Guatemalan, 0.3% Honduran, 0.3% Peruvian, 0.2% Cuban, 0.2% Colombian and 0.1% Nicaraguan. Non-Hispanic Whites
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were 47.3% of the population in 2010, compared to 85.1% in 1980.
Aurora is a center of Colorado's refugee
A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a displaced person who has crossed national borders and who cannot or is unwilling to return home due to well-founded fear of persecution. population. There are about 30,000 Ethiopian
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s and Eritreans
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living in the Denver–Aurora area. There is also a sizable population of Nepalese refugees.
There were 121,191 households, out of which 35.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.9% were married couples
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living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.8% were non-families. 27.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.6 and the average family size was 3.2.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 27.3% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 37.6% from 25 to 44, 16.8% from 45 to 64, and 8.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.8 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $46,507, and the median income for a family was $52,551. Males had a median income of $35,963 versus $30,080 for females. The per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the city was $21,095. About 6.8% of families and 8.9% of the population were below the poverty line
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, including 12.0% of those under age 18 and 6.1% of those age 65 or over.
Economy
According to the Aurora Economic Development Council, the largest public employers in the city are:
According to the Aurora Economic Development Council, the largest private employers in the city of Aurora are:
Other notable employers in the city include Lockheed Martin Corporation
The Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American aerospace, arms, defense, information security, and technology corporation with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It is ...
, Staples Inc.
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The company opened its first store in Brighton, Massachusetts on May 1, 1986. By ...
, United Natural Foods
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...
, Aurora Mental Health Center
Aurora Mental Health & Recovery is a private, nonprofit Community mental health service, community mental health center in Aurora, Colorado, which was founded in 1975. Originally named Aurora Mental Health Center, the organization went through in J ...
, G45 Secure Solutions, Graebel Relocation
Graebel Companies, Inc., with global headquarters in Aurora, Colorado, is an American privately held company that provides corporate relocation services, offering end-to-end assignment management solutions, policy consulting, and administration of ...
, Core-Mark
Core-Mark Holding Company distributes fresh, chilled and frozen merchandise mainly to convenience stores in the United States. It also provides associated business services such as category management and management of promotions.
History
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, and Nelnet, Inc.
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The company provides a range of products th ...
In 2020, German cleaning technology manufacturer Kärcher
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opened its North American headquarters in Aurora, on a new street named Kärcher Way.
Attractions
The city of Aurora manages more than 100 parks, more than of open space and natural areas, and six award-winning municipal golf courses (Aurora Hills, Meadow Hills, Murphy Creek, Saddle Rock, Springhill and Fitzsimons). Aurora also is home to several privately owned golf courses including CommonGround Golf Course, Heather Ridge Country Club, Heritage Eagle Bend Golf Club and Valley Country Club.
Star K Ranch, home to Aurora's Morrison Nature Center, provides important habitat for wildlife. It has several trails for nature exploration, including access to the Sand Creek Greenway Trail. Jewell Wetland, a wooded wetland, features trails, boardwalk/deck access into the wetland and a butterfly garden. Aurora Reservoir and Quincy Reservoir offer plenty of opportunities for outdoor water pursuits.
DeLaney Farm, site of Aurora's famous historic round barn, has of open space, trails with access to the High Line Canal, an organic garden managed by Denver Urban Gardens
Denver Urban Gardens (DUG) is a non-profit organization that supports community gardens in Denver, Colorado in the United States.
Background
Organized urban communal gardens have existed since the 1890s. Denver was one of the first cities in the c ...
, and two structures on the National Register of Historic Places. The Plains Conservation Center, with of native shortgrass prairie, hosts a variety of educational programs.
The city of Aurora owns the former Guiraud Ranch in Park County. Now the Buffalo Peaks Ranch, it is located on Colorado State Highway 9
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near the ghost town
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* Ghost town, a town that has been abandoned
Film and television
* Ghost Town (1936 film), ''Ghost Town'' (1936 film), an American Western film by Harry L. Fraser
* Ghost Town (1956 film), ''Ghost Town'' ...
of Garo
Garo may refer to:
People and languages
* Garo people, a tribal people in India
** Garo language, the language spoken by the Garo tribe
Places
* Kingdom of Garo, a former kingdom in southern Ethiopia
* Garo, Colorado
* Garo Hills, part of the Ga ...
between Fairplay
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and Hartsel. The Guiraud Ranch was operated from 1875 until her death in 1909 by the French emigrant, Marie Guiraud
Marie may refer to:
People Name
* Marie (given name)
* Marie (Japanese given name)
* Marie (murder victim), girl who was killed in Florida after being pushed in front of a moving vehicle in 1973
* Marie (died 1759), an enslaved Cree person in T ...
.
Twenty-seven historic sites and landmarks are managed by the city of Aurora, including the Gully Homestead of 1870, the Victorian-style Centennial House of 1890, the privately owned American War Mothers National Memorial Home, the Art Deco-style KOA Building of 1934, the DeLaney Round Barn of 1902, Lowry Building 800, the interim headquarters for the U.S. Air Force Academy from 1955 to 1958, and Stanley Marketplace, which opened at the former site of Stanley Aviation in 2016.
The Aurora Fox Theatre & Arts Center, another historic landmark, is a 245-seat performing arts facility in the Aurora Cultural Arts District, along East Colfax Avenue
Colfax Avenue is the main street that runs east–west through the Denver metropolitan area in Colorado. As U.S. Highway 40, it was one of two principal highways serving Denver before the Interstate Highway System was constructed. In the local ...
. In that same area, The People's Building is a performing arts venue with flexible space, including 191 retractable seats and a gallery.
The Aurora History Museum is a community-based cultural center featuring a permanent exhibit on Aurora history and two changing exhibit galleries touching on topics related to history and decorative arts.
The Aurora Symphony Orchestra, a community orchestra established in 1978, offers a full season of full orchestra concerts annually as well as smaller chamber ensemble performances.
The Aurora Public Library serves its population, providing four main branches, four PC centers, and a variety of events throughout the year to its population.
Town Center at Aurora is the city's main shopping mall
A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a North American term for a large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores. The term "mall" originally meant a pedestrian promenade with shops along it (that is, the term was used to refe ...
. Other shopping centers in Aurora include The Gardens on Havana
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(formerly Buckingham Square) and Southlands.
Government
The city of Aurora operates under a council-manager form of government, where the city manager runs the city's day-to-day operations with general guidance from the city council. The Aurora City Council is composed of a mayor and ten council members. Six members are elected from districts, while the other four are elected at large. The mayor is elected by the entire city. Aurora's mayor role is largely ceremonial, but the mayor does have direct impact on policy issues as the head of city council. The council is nonpartisan; however, parties of members have been listed below for reference.
This full-service city is protected by the Aurora Police Department
The Aurora Police Department (APD) is a law enforcement agency serving the City of Aurora, Colorado, United States and some surrounding areas. Its headquarters are at East Alameda Parkway. APD is one of the largest municipal police departments in ...
, one of only 10 law enforcement agencies in Colorado to be accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies; the Aurora Fire Department, which is accredited by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International; and a Public Safety Communications dispatch call center. The Aurora Municipal Courts handles a wide variety of offense violations, and the Aurora Detention Center is a 72-hour adult holding facility.
Politics
In national elections, Aurora leans to the left and the Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
*Democratic Party (United States)
Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to:
Active parties Africa
*Botswana Democratic Party
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*Gabonese Democratic Party
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, though not as much as neighboring Denver
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but more than other suburbs in the Denver metro area. Northern and Central Aurora, due to an extremely racially and culturally diverse voter base and high density for a suburban city, are some of the most Democratic areas in Colorado and vote similarly to Denver and Boulder; southern Aurora, similar to neighboring Centennial
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, is more of a swing area and used to lean Republican, though it has swung Democratic as of late but not as much as areas more north of Interstate 225
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.
Aurora anchors Colorado's 6th congressional district
Colorado's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Colorado. Located in central Colorado, the district encompasses much of the eastern part of the Denver metropolitan area, including all of Aurora, as well as ...
and is represented in Congress by Jason Crow ( D-Centennial
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). State representation is listed in the tables below (areas implied to be in Arapahoe County unless noted: not all districts are fully in Aurora).
Colorado State Representatives
Colorado State Senators
List of mayors
Education
Primary and secondary education:
* Aurora Public Schools
* Cherry Creek Public Schools
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* Douglas County School District
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(The Rocking Horse neighborhood is located within this district)
* DSST Public Schools
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* Brighton Public Schools (The Highpoint at DIA neighborhood is located in this district)
* Christ Our Redeemer Lutheran School
Post-secondary and career education:
* Columbia College–Aurora
* University of Colorado Denver
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History University of Colorado System Anschutz Medical Campus
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at the Anschutz Medical Campus
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* Colorado Community College System
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History
The 1937 Junior Coll ...
** Community College of Aurora
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** Pickens Technical College
*For-profit school
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s
** Anthem College
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** Colorado School of Holistic and Naturopathic Studies
** Colorado Technical University
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South Denver Campus
** Concorde Career College
** Everest College
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** Platt College
Media
Transportation
Aurora straddles Interstate 70
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, Interstate 225
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and the E-470
E-470 is a controlled-access toll road that traverses the eastern portion of the Denver metropolitan area in the US state of Colorado. It is the eastern half of the 470 beltway that serves Meridian, Parker, Aurora, Denver International Airport, ...
beltway
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. The Regional Transportation District's light rail transit system was extended to serve the southwestern edge of Aurora on November 17, 2006. The H Line stops at Aurora's Dayton
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and Nine Mile Stations; a comprehensive network of feeder buses in southern Aurora serve the latter. On February 24, 2017, the line was extended as the R Line to Peoria Station
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in the city's northwest, where riders may transfer to the A Line providing service between Union Station in downtown Denver and Denver International Airport
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(DIA). Much of Aurora is more convenient to DIA than Denver itself, and the city is planning an aerotropolis
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along the airport's southern flank. This proximity is a factor in the expected growth of the E-470 corridor directly south of DIA, projected to eventually accommodate 250,000 additional Aurora residents. The easternmost portions of Aurora adjoin the Colorado Air and Space Port
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.
In 2017, Aurora became the first city in Colorado to host a dockless bike sharing program.
Sports
In 2014 the U.S.A. Powerlifting
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The USAPL is a drug tested organiza ...
Raw Nationals and the IPF Open Powerlifting
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World Championships were both held in Aurora. The WC was the 35th Women and 44th Men open Powerlifting Championships, and it was held on the Radisson Hotel Denver Southeast.
Notable people
Some notable individuals who were born in or have lived in Aurora include:
* Lauren Boebert
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, U.S. Representative
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for Colorado's 3rd congressional district
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* J. Scott Campbell
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, comic book artist
* Danny Dietz
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Early life and ed ...
, former Navy SEAL
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killed in Operation Red Wings
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, recipient of the Navy Cross
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* John Kerry
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, U.S. Senator and Secretary of State
* Jennifer Ketcham
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, former pornographic actress with the stage name Penny Flame
*Joe Neguse
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, U.S. Representative
* Brendan Schaub
Brendan Peter Schaub (born March 18, 1983) is an American podcast host, former professional mixed martial artist, and stand-up comedian. He is the host of ''The Fighter and the Kid'' podcast, the ''Below the Belt with Brendan Schaub'' podcast, ...
, former mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, inc ...
fighter, comedian and broadcaster
* Dan Soder
Daniel E. Soder (born June 24, 1983) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and radio personality. He is best known for his frequent appearances on MTV2's '' Guy Code'' and his recurring role of Mafee on the Showtime drama series '' Billions' ...
, stand-up comedian
* Michelle Waterson
Michelle Eileen Waterson (born January 6, 1986) is an American mixed martial artist and model who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). She is the former Invicta FC Atomweight Champion. Between 2013 and 2014, she was ranked the ...
, mixed martial arts fighter
* Bowen Yang
Bowen Yang ( zh, link=no, 楊伯文; born November 6, 1990) is an Australian-born American actor, comedian, podcaster, and writer based in New York City. He co-hosts a comedy pop-culture podcast, '' Las Culturistas,'' with Matt Rogers. Since Se ...
, SNL cast member
* Michael Chiesa
Michael Keith Chiesa (; born December 7, 1987) is an American professional mixed martial artist, and sports analyst who currently competes in the welterweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional MMA competitor sin ...
, UFC fighter
Sister cities
Aurora's sister cities
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
While there are early examples of inter ...
are:
* Adama
Adama ( Oromo: ' or ', Amharic: አዳማ), formerly Nazreth ( am, ናዝሬት), is a city in the central Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Located in the East Shewa Zone southeast of the capital, Addis Ababa, the city sits between the base of an e ...
, Ethiopia (1988–2004, since 2014)
* Jacó, Costa Rica (2016)
* Seongnam
Seongnam () is the fourth largest city in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province after Suwon and the 10th largest city in the country. Its population is approximately one million. Seongnam is a satellite city of Seoul. It is largely a residential cit ...
, South Korea (1992)
Friendship cities
Aurora also has one friendship city:[
* ]Antiguo Cuscatlán
Antiguo Cuscatlán ''(colloquially known as Antiguo)'' is a municipality in the La Libertad Department (El Salvador), La Libertad department of El Salvador, and its eastern tip lays in San Salvador Department part of the Metropolitan Area of San ...
, El Salvador (2016)
See also
*Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
**Bibliography of Colorado
The location of the State of Colorado in the United States of America
This is a bibliography of the U.S. State of Colorado.
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This is an alphabetical list of articles related to the U.S. State of Colorado.
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* .co.us – Internet second-level domain for the State of Colorado
* 4 Corners
** 4 Corners Monument
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**Outline of Colorado
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Colorado:
Colorado – 22nd most populous, the eighth most extensive, and the highest in average elevation of the 50 United States. Colorado ...
*List of counties in Colorado
The U.S. State of Colorado is divided into 64 counties. Two of these counties, the City and County of Broomfield and the City and County of Denver, have consolidated city and county governments. Denver serves as the state capital. Counties are ...
*List of municipalities in Colorado
The U.S. State of Colorado has 272 active incorporated municipalities, comprising 197 towns, 73 cities, and two consolidated city and county governments. At the 2020 United States Census, 4,299,942 of the 5,773,714 Colorado residents (74.47%) ...
*List of places in Colorado
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* List of places in Colorado G through O
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* List of places in Colorado P through Z
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*List of statistical areas in Colorado
The U.S. state of Colorado has twenty-one statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States ...
** Front Range Urban Corridor
**North Central Colorado Urban Area
240px, An enlargeable map of the 13-county North Central Colorado Urban Area
The North Central Colorado Urban Area comprises the four contiguous metropolitan statistical areas in the north central region of the State of Colorado: the Denver–Au ...
** Denver-Aurora, CO Combined Statistical Area
** Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
*''Aurora Sentinel
The ''Sentinel'' is a print weekly and digital daily newspaper serving the city of Aurora, Colorado and the surrounding region. It is publishes each Thursday and as ''Sentinel Colorado'' and is online seven days a week. The ''Sentinel'' focuses o ...
'', the local newspaper
Notes
References
Bibliography
External links
City of Aurora official website
Aurora Chamber of Commerce
Visit Aurora
CDOT map of the City of Aurora
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Cities in Arapahoe County, Colorado
Cities in Adams County, Colorado
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1891 establishments in Colorado