Boulder, city (2020 pop. 330,758),
seat of Boulder co., N central Colo.; inc. 1871. A Rocky Mountain resort and
a suburb of Denver, it is the seat of the Univ. of Colorado (1876).
Industries include aerospace and biological research; the manufacture of
machinery, electric, electronic, and computer equipment, and medical
supplies; and software development. Boulder is home to the National Center
for Atmospheric Research and other government and private research
operations and is known as a mountain sports and “New Age”
mecca.
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