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<tr><td>[[Capital]] </td><td>[[Denver, Colorado|Denver]]</td></tr>

<tr><td>[[Area]]<br>&nbsp;- Total <br>&nbsp;- Land <br>&nbsp;- Water <br>&nbsp;- % water

</td><td>[[List of U.S. states by area|Ranked 8^th]] <br> 269,837 [[square kilometer|km²km2]]

<br> 268,879 [[square kilometer|km²km2]]

<br> 962 [[square kilometer|km²km2]]

<br> 0.36%

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<br>&nbsp;- [[Density]] </td><td>[[List of U.S. states by population|Ranked 24^th]]

<br> 4,301,261

<br> 16/km²km2</td></tr>

<tr><td>Admittance into Union

<br>&nbsp;- Order

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From west to east, the state consists of desert-like basins, turning into plateaus, then alpine mountains, and then grasslands. [[Mount Elbert]] is the largest peak in the Rocky Mountains within the continental United States. The famous [[Pikes Peak|Pike's Peak]] is just west of [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]]. Its lone peak is visible from near the [[Kansas]] border on clear days.

== Colorado Tourism and Recreation ==

=== National parks ===

=== National Parks , Monuments and Historical Sites ===

== Economy ==

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*<cite>Chokecherry Places, Essays from the High Plains</cite>, Merrill Gilfillan, Johnson Press, Boulder, Colorado, trade paperback, ISBN 1-55566-227-7.

*<cite>[[The Tie That Binds]]</cite>, [[Kent Haruf]], 1984, hardcover, ISBN 0030719798, a fictional account of farming in Colorado.

*<cite>Railroads of Colorado: Your Guide to Colorado's Historic Trains and Railway Sites</cite>, Claude Wiatrowski, Voyageur Press, 2002, hardcover, 160 pages, ISBN 0-89658-591-3