Portal:Colorado

Colorado is the state of the United States of America that encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the high western edge of the Great Plains. Admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876, Colorado became the 38th U.S. state. Colorado ranks 21st in population, eighth in total area, and first in mean elevation among the 50 U.S. states. Fifty-five of the 124 highest major mountain peaks of North America rise in Colorado. The United States Census Bureau estimated that the population of the State of Colorado was 5,829,926 on July 1, 2022, an increase of 1.15% since the 2020 United States Census. Denver is the state capital, the most populous city, and the heart of the most populous metropolitan area of the Rocky Mountain Region. Colorado Springs is the state's second most populous city. While the population of the Front Range Urban Corridor now exceeds five million, many rugged portions of the state remain pristine wilderness.

• The sand dunes of Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve are the tallest and highest in North America.
• Colorado is home to 4 national parks, 8 national monuments, 2 national recreation areas, 2 national historic sites, 3 national historic trails, 1 national scenic trail, 11 national forests, 2 national grasslands, 41 national wilderness areas, 2 national conservation areas, 8 national wildlife refuges, 66 areas of critical environmental concern, 115 state natural areas, 42 state parks, and 323 state wildlife areas.
• Mesa Verde National Park is the 7th oldest U.S. National Park and the world's first cultural national park.
• Mesa Verde National Park was one of the 12 original UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
• Rocky Mountain National Park is the 9th oldest U.S. National Park.
• Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park is the northernmost 14,000-foot (4,267 m) peak of the Rocky Mountains of North America.
• Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park is the highest continuous highway in North America.
• The Painted Wall rises vertically 2,250 feet (690 m) from the Gunnison River in the Black Canyon.

• ... that the driver in a 2019 truck crash received a sentence of 110 years in prison due to mandatory sentencing laws in Colorado?
• ... that following the killing of Richard Ward by a Colorado sheriff's deputy, the deputy received an award for the injuries that he allegedly sustained during the incident?
• ... that Parkville lost out on becoming the Colorado Territory's capital by eleven votes and is now a ghost town largely buried under mining waste?
• ... that some members of the Daughters of the American Revolution came up with the idea to design a flag of Colorado, unaware that such a flag already existed?
• ... that Charles Johnson received the most votes for student body president at the University of Colorado Boulder, even though he had already been disqualified from running?
• ... that Aymara legislator Rafael Quispe's humorous style of political activism led one Bolivian parliamentarian to describe him as the "Chapulín Colorado" of the Legislative Assembly?
• ... that Colorado public television station KTSC operates from two studios named for the same benefactor?

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