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Colorado (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 39 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 39.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 105 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -105.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Inhabited by Basket Makers (early Anasazi) around start of Christian Era; inhabited by cliff-dwellers and Plains Indians, mainly Arapaho and Cheyenne, when Spanish & French arrived 16th-18th century; parts went to USA in Louisiana Purchase and after Mexican War. |
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| Colorado (preferred,C,V)
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............ | name is derived from Spanish term for "reddish," apparently referring to the color of the soil |
| CO (C,V,USPS)
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| state (preferred, B) |
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since August 1, 1876 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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| capital is .... |
Denver .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States, Colorado, Denver county) [7013545] |
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