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Colorado
Colorado covers 104,100 square miles and has a population of 4,301,261 people. Colorado's
capital is Denver,
which has a population of 554,636. Other important cities are Aurora (pop. 276,393), Colorado Springs
(pop. 360,890), Highlands
Ranch (pop. 70,931), Thornton (pop.
82,384), Loveland
(pop. 50,608), Westminster
(pop. 100,940), Longmont
(pop. 71,093), Boulder
(pop. 94,673), Arvada
(pop. 102,153) and Fort
Collins (pop. 118,652).
Colorado was admitted to the Union on August 1st, 1876 as the 38th state. The state flower
is the "Rocky Mountain Columbine" and it's nickname is "The Centennial
State" or "Colorful Colorado". Colorado's economy is broken into two
categories; agriculture and industry. Cattle, wheat, dairy products, corn and hay provide
for the agricultural side. While scientific instruments, food processing, transportation
equipment, machinery, chemical products, gold and other mining and tourism provide for the
industrial side.
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