Colorado

State of Colorado

[[Imaxe:|130px|Escudo de_Colorado]] (En Detalle) (Grande)
Alcuñu del estáu : The Centennial State (L'Estáu Centenariu)
Estaos d'Estaos Xuníos
Capital	Denver
Ciudá más grande	Denver
Gobernador	John Hickenlooper
Llingües oficiales	Inglés
Área	269.837 km² (Llugar nu 8)
- Tierra	268,879 km²
- Agua	962 km² (0,36%)
Población (añu 2000)
- Población	4.301.261 (Llugar nu 24)
- Densidá	16,01 /km² (Llugar nu 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
- 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 Xuníos d'América. Ye conocíu por tener los picos más altos nos Montes Rocosos. 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 lu toparon.

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

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

Turismu y ociu

Parques Nacionales

• Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
• Mesa Verde National Park
• Rocky Mountain National Park
• Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve

Monumentos Nacionales

• Colorado National Monument
• Dinosaur National Monument
• Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
• Hovenweep National Monument
• Canyons of the Ancients National Monument

Árees de Recréu Nacionales

• Arapaho National Recreational Area
• Curecanti National Recreational Area

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

Praderes Nacionales

• Comanche National Grassland
• Pawnee National Grassland

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

Deporte

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

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

Comunicaciones

Autopistes

Interstate 25 Interstate 70 Interstate 76 U.S. Highway 6 U.S. Highway 24

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

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 0-03-071979-8, 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

Enllaces esternos

• Páxina oficial del Estáu (n'inglés)
• Semeyes de Colorado
• Nomes de llugar de Colorado