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Boulder is the home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Boulder County, and the 11th most populous municipality in the U.S. state of Colorado.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=June 7, 2011 )〕 Boulder is located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of . The city is northwest of Denver. The population of the City of Boulder was 97,385 at the 2010 United States Census,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Boulder city, Colorado )〕 while the population of the Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area was 294,567.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Boulder, CO Metro Area )〕 Boulder is famous for its colorful Western history, being a choice destination for hippies in the late 1960s, and as home of the main campus of the University of Colorado, the state's largest university. Furthermore, the city of Boulder frequently acquires top rankings in health, well-being, quality of life, education and art. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=City of Boulder )〕 ==History== On November 7, 1861, legislation was passed making way for the state university to be located in Boulder, and on September 20, 1875, the first cornerstone was laid for the first building (Old Main Building) on the C.U. campus. The university officially opened on September 5, 1877. Boulder adopted an anti-saloon ordinance in 1907.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Boulder History Museum )〕 Statewide prohibition started in Colorado in 1916〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Brief History of Colorado )〕 and ended with the repeal of national prohibition in 1933. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Boulder, Colorado」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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