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State of Colorado
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(En Detalle) |
(Grande) |
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Alcuñu del estáu : The Centennial State (L'Estáu Centenariu) |
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Estaos d'Estaos Xuníos |
Capital |
Denver |
Ciudá más grande |
Denver |
Gobernador |
Bill Owens |
Llingües oficiales |
Inglés |
Área |
269.837 km² (Llugar nº 8) |
- Tierra |
268,879 km² |
- Agua |
962 km² (0,36%) |
Población (añu 2000) |
- Población |
4.301.261 (Llugar nº 24) |
- Densidá |
16,01 /km² (Llugar nº 37) |
Ingresu na Unión |
- Fecha |
1 d'agostu de 1876 |
- Orden |
38 |
Fusu horariu |
UTC-7/-6 |
Llatitú |
37°N a 41°N |
Llonxitú |
102°O a 109°O |
Anchura |
451 km |
Altura |
612 km |
Elevación |
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- Más alta |
4.399 m |
- Media |
2.073 m |
- Más baxa |
1.021 m |
Abreviaciones |
- USPS |
CO |
- ISO 3166-2 |
US-CO |
Páxina web |
www.colorado.gov |
Colorado ye un estáu del oeste de los Estaos Uníos. Ye conocíu por tener los picos más altos nes Montañes Rocoses. La capital del estáu, que tamién ye la ciudá más grande, ye Denver. El nome vien-y del ríu Colorado, nome que-y dieron los españoles al ríu cuando lo toparon.
[editar] Ciudaes más importantes
Les ciudaes de más de 100.000 habitantes apaecen marcaes en negrita.
*Denver |
*Commerce City |
*Longmont |
*Aurora |
*Sherrelwood |
*Louisville |
*Lakewood |
*Golden |
*Superior |
*Arvada |
*Welby |
*Greeley |
*Westminster |
*Federal Heights |
*Grand Junction |
*Centennial |
*Greenwood Village |
*Clifton |
*Thornton |
*Colorado Springs |
*Brighton |
*Highlands Ranch |
*Security-Widefield |
*Canon City |
*Southglenn |
*Fountain |
*Castle Rock |
*Littleton |
*Cimarron Hills |
*Montrose |
*Broomfield |
*Black Forest |
*Durango |
*Wheat Ridge |
*Fort Carson |
*Fort Morgan |
*Englewood |
*Fort Collins |
*Avon |
*Northglenn |
*Loveland |
*Silverthorne |
*Ken Caryl |
*Pueblo |
*Sterling |
*Castlewood |
*Pueblo West |
*Evergreen |
*Columbine |
*Boulder |
*Woodland Park |
*Parker |
*Lafayette |
*Windsor |
Ciudaes de menos de 10.000 habitantes:
- Aspen (importante estación d'esquí)
- Leadville
- Trinidad
- Walsenburg
- Alamosa
[editar] Los 25 llugares más ricos de Colorado
Ordenaos por renta per capita:
1 Cherry Hills Village $99,996
2 Genesee $79,180
3 Columbine Valley $71,758
4 Castle Pines $70,456
5 Greenwood Village $69,189
6 Bonanza $66,857
7 Bow Mar $53,558
8 Heritage Hills $50,041
9 Perry Park $47,574
10 Lone Tree $46,287
11 Meridian $46,031
12 The Pinery $43,065
13 Eldorado Springs $42,908
14 Vail $42,390
15 Foxfield $40,970
16 Aspen $40,680
17 Niwot $39,943
18 Mountain Village $39,920
19 Edwards $39,784
20 Pitkin $39,182
21 Telluride $38,832
22 Woodmoor $38,758
23 Castlewood $37,891
24 Vona $37,802
25 Eagle-Vail $37,260
[editar] Turismu y ociu
[editar] Parques Nacionales
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
- Mesa Verde National Park
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
[editar] Monumentos Nacionales
- Colorado National Monument
- Dinosaur National Monument
- Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
- Hovenweep National Monument
- Canyons of the Ancients National Monument
[editar] Áreas de Recréu Nacionales
- Arapaho National Recreational Area
- Curecanti National Recreational Area
[editar] Viesques Nacionales
- Arapaho National Forest
- Grand Mesa National Forest
- Gunnison National Forest
- Pike National Forest
- Rio Grande National Forest
- Roosevelt National Forest
- Routt National Forest
- San Isabel National Forest
- San Juan National Forest
- Uncompahgre National Forest
- White River National Forest
[editar] Praderes Nacionales
- Comanche National Grassland
- Pawnee National Grassland
[editar] Áreas Desértiques
- Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Area
- Flat Top Wilderness Area
- Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Wilderness Area
- Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness Area
- La Garita Wilderness Area
- Lizard Head Wilderness Area
- Lost Creek Wilderness Area
- Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness Area
- Mount Sneffels Wilderness Area
- Mount Zirkel Wilderness Area
- Rawah Wilderness Area
- Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Area
- Uncompahgre Wilderness Area
- Weminuche Wilderness Area
- West Elk Wilderness Area
[editar] Equipos profesionales
- Denver Broncos, National Football League
- Denver Nuggets, National Basketball Association
- Colorado Rockies, Major League Baseball
- Colorado Crush, Arena Football League
- Colorado Mammoth, National Lacrosse League
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- Colorado Avalanche, National Hockey League
- Colorado Rapids, Major League Soccer
- Colorado Springs Sky Sox, Minor League Baseball (AAA)
- Colorado Eagles, Central Hockey League
- Colorado Chill, National Women's Basketball League
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[editar] Comunicaciones
[editar] Autopistes
- Interstate 25
- Interstate 70
- Interstate 76
- U.S. Highway 6
- U.S. Highway 24
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- U.S. Highway 34
- U.S. Highway 36
- U.S. Highway 40
- U.S. Highway 50
- U.S. Highway 85
- U.S. Highway 87
- U.S. Highway 285
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[editar] Bibliografía
- Explore Colorado, A Naturalist's Handbook, The Denver Museum of Natural History and Westcliff Publishers, 1995, ISBN 1-56579-124-X excelente guía sobre las regiones naturales de Colorado.
- The Archeology of Colorado, Revised Edition, E. Steve Cassells, Johnson Books, Boulder, Colorado, 1997, trade paperback, ISBN 1-55566-193-9.
- Chokecherry Places, Essays from the High Plains, Merrill Gilfillan, Johnson Press, Boulder, Colorado, trade paperback, ISBN 1-55566-227-7.
- The Tie That Binds, Kent Haruf, 1984, hardcover, ISBN 0030719798, a fictional account of farming in Colorado.
- Railroads of Colorado: Your Guide to Colorado's Historic Trains and Railway Sites, Claude Wiatrowski, Voyageur Press, 2002, hardcover, 160 pages, ISBN 0-89658-591-3
[editar] Enllaces esternos