Colorado
US state
Colorado, a western U.S. state, has a diverse landscape of arid desert, river canyons and snow-covered Rocky Mountains, which are partly protected by Rocky Mountain National Park. Elsewhere, Mesa Verde National Park features Ancestral Puebloan...
Capital: Denver
Elevation: 6,800′
Population: 5.878 million (2023)
Abbreviation: CO
Senators: Michael Bennet (Democratic Party) and John Hickenlooper (Democratic Party)
Consent age: 17 years old
Admitted to the Union: August 1, 1876; 148 years ago (38th)
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