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Top destinations include Denver and Colorado Springs.

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is the capital of the western U.S. state of Colorado and the dominant city of the . Founded in 1858 as the placer gold mining camp known as the Cherry Creek Diggings, the "Mile-High City" is today the most populous city within a 560-mile radius and the center of the Front Range Urban Corridor of more than five million residents.

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is a city of about 490,000 in the western U.S. state of Colorado. The seat of El Paso County, the city lies 63 miles south of at the foot of Pikes Peak in .

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is a college town of about 106,000 in the region of Colorado. The home of the University of Colorado, the city has a reputation for progressive values and outdoor recreation.

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The Denver Metropolitan Area is a region in the western state of Colorado. The region is centered on the , Colorado's capital and most populous city, but includes many suburbs as well.

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is a region of the state of Colorado in the United States of America. It is a diverse area of both red rock mesas and snow-capped mountain peaks, as well as the headwaters of the Colorado River.

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is a region in the US state of Colorado. It includes many attractions historically placed in the Western Slope region of the Rocky Mountains, but extends into the geographically distinct San Juan Mountains, with the pleasant San Luis Valley between the major ranges.

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, commonly called Mesa Verde Country, is a region of the state of Colorado in the United States of America that is known for beautiful landscapes, rich history, cultural heritage, and an abundance of outdoor activities.

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The is a region in the US state of Colorado. It includes the range of the Rocky Mountains that gives it its name, as well as the Eastern Slope with communities in the eastern foothills of the mountains.

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The of Colorado refers to a region of the U.S. state of Colorado east of the and east of the population centers of the Front Range.

Colorado

Latitude of center
38.7252° or 38° 43′ 31″ north
Longitude of center
-105.6077° or 105° 36′ 28″ west
Population
5,960,000
Elevation
10,003 feet (3,049 metres)
Abbreviation
“CO”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316945104
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
5417618
Wiki­data ID
Q1261
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Colorado” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Colorado”
  • Albanian: “Colorado”
  • Albanian: “Kolorado”
  • Amharic: “ኮሎራዶ”
  • Arabic: “كلورادو”
  • Arabic: “كولورادو”
  • Arabic: “ولاية كولورادو”
  • Aragonese: “Colorado”
  • Armenian: “Կոլորադո”
  • Arpitan: “Colorado”
  • Asturian: “Colorado”
  • Aymara: “Colorado suyu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kolorado”
  • Balinese: “Colorado”
  • Bashkir: “Колорадо”
  • Basque: “Colorado”
  • Bavarian: “Colorado”
  • Belarusian: “Каларада”
  • Bengali: “কলোরাডো”
  • Betawi: “Kolorado”
  • Bhojpuri: “कोलोरैडो”
  • Bishnupriya: “কলোরাডো”
  • Bislama: “Colorado”
  • Bosnian: “Colorado”
  • Breton: “Colorado”
  • Bulgarian: “Колорадо”
  • Burmese: “ကော်လိုရာဒိုပြည်နယ်”
  • Catalan: “Colorado”
  • Cebuano: “Colorado”
  • Central Bikol: “Colorado”
  • Central Kurdish: “کۆلۆرادۆ”
  • Chavacano: “Colorado”
  • Chechen: “Колорадо”
  • Cheyenne: “Colorado”
  • Chinese: “Colorado”
  • Chinese: “哥羅拉度州”
  • Chinese: “科罗拉多州”
  • Chinese: “科羅拉多州”
  • Chuvash: “Колорадо”
  • Cornish: “Kolorado”
  • Corsican: “Colorado”
  • Corsican: “Coloradu”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Kolorado”
  • Croatian: “Colorado”
  • Czech: “Colorado”
  • Czech: “State of Colorado”
  • Dagbani: “Colorado”
  • Danish: “Colorado”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Colorado”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Kolorado”
  • Dutch: “CO”
  • Dutch: “Colorado”
  • Eastern Mari: “Колорадо”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كولورادو”
  • Esperanto: “Koloradio”
  • Esperanto: “Kolorado”
  • Estonian: “Colorado”
  • Ewe: “Colorado”
  • Faroese: “Colorado”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Colorado”
  • Finnish: “Colorado”
  • French: “Colorado”
  • Gagauz: “Kolorado”
  • Galician: “Colorado, Estados Unidos de América”
  • Galician: “Colorado”
  • Georgian: “კოლორადო”
  • Georgian: “კოლორადოს შტატი”
  • German: “CO”
  • German: “Colorado”
  • Gothic: “𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌳𐍉”
  • Greek: “Κολοράντο”
  • Guarani: “Colorado”
  • Guarani: “Kolorádo”
  • Gujarati: “કોલોરાડો”
  • Haitian: “Kolorado”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Colorado”
  • Hausa: “Colorado”
  • Hawaiian: “Kololako”
  • Hebrew: “קולורדו”
  • Hindi: “कॉलराडो”
  • Hindi: “कॉलोराडो”
  • Hungarian: “Colorado”
  • Icelandic: “Colorado”
  • Ido: “Kolorado”
  • Igbo: “Colorado”
  • Iloko: “Colorado”
  • Inari Sami: “Colorado”
  • Indonesian: “Colorado”
  • Indonesian: “Negara Bagian Colorado”
  • Interlingua: “Colorado”
  • Interlingue: “Colorado”
  • Inuktitut: “ᑰᓘᕌᑑ”
  • Inupiaq: “Colorado”
  • Inupiaq: “Kalaraatu”
  • Irish: “Colorado”
  • Italian: “Colorado”
  • Japanese: “コロラド州”
  • Javanese: “Colorado”
  • Kabiyè: “Koloradoo”
  • Kalmyk: “Коларад”
  • Kannada: “ಕೊಲೊರಾಡೋ”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Колорадо”
  • Kazakh: “Колорадо”
  • Kirghiz: “Колорадо”
  • Komering: “Colorado”
  • Korean: “콜로라도”
  • Korean: “콜로라도주”
  • Kurdish: “Colorado”
  • Kurdish: “Kolorado”
  • Ladin: “Colorado”
  • Ladino: “Colorado”
  • Ladino: “Kolorado”
  • Lao: “ໂຄໂລຣາໂດ”
  • Latin: “Coloratum”
  • Latvian: “Kolorādo”
  • Ligurian: “Colorado”
  • Limburgan: “Colorado”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Colorado”
  • Literary Chinese: “科羅拉多州”
  • Lithuanian: “Koloradas”
  • Lojban: “kolorados”
  • Lombard: “Colorado”
  • Low German: “Colorado”
  • Luxembourgish: “Colorado”
  • Macedonian: “Колорадо”
  • Maithili: “कोलोराडो”
  • Malagasy: “Kolorado”
  • Malay: “Colorado”
  • Malayalam: “കൊളറാഡോ”
  • Manipuri: “ꯀꯣꯂꯣꯔꯦꯗꯣ”
  • Manipuri: “ꯀꯣꯜꯔꯦꯗꯧ”
  • Manx: “Colorado”
  • Maori: “Colorado”
  • Maori: “Kororaro”
  • Marathi: “कॉलोराडो”
  • Mazanderani: “کلرادو”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Colorado”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Colorado”
  • Minangkabau: “Colorado”
  • Mingrelian: “კოლორადოშ შტატი”
  • Mongolian: “Колорадо”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “كولورادو”
  • Nauru: “Colorado”
  • Navajo: “Dibé Nitsaa Hahoodzo”
  • Navajo: “Dibé Ntsaa Hahoodzo”
  • Nepali: “कोलोराडो”
  • Newari: “कोलोरादो”
  • Newari: “कोलोर्‍याडो”
  • Northern Frisian: “Colorado”
  • Northern Luri: “کلرادو”
  • Northern Sami: “Colorado”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “CO”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Colo.”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Colorado”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Colorado”
  • Norwegian: “Colorado”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Colorado”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܟܘܠܘܪܐܕܘ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Colorado”
  • Ossetian: “Колорадо”
  • Pali: “कोलोर्याडो”
  • Pampanga: “Colorado”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੋਲੋਰਾਡੋ”
  • Papiamento: “Colorado”
  • Persian: “کلرادو”
  • Picard: “Colorado”
  • Piemontese: “Colorado”
  • Polish: “Kolorado”
  • Portuguese: “Colorado”
  • Pushto: “کلراډو”
  • Quechua: “Colorado suyu”
  • Romanian: “Colorado”
  • Romansh: “Colorado”
  • Russia Buriat: “Колорадо”
  • Russian: “CO”
  • Russian: “Колорадо”
  • Russian: “Штат Колорадо”
  • Rusyn: “Колорадо”
  • Samoan: “Kolorato”
  • Samogitian: “Kolorads (valstėjė)”
  • Samogitian: “Kolorads”
  • Sanskrit: “कोलोराडो”
  • Sardinian: “Colorado”
  • Sardinian: “Coloradu”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Colorado”
  • Scots: “Colorado”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Colorado”
  • Serbian: “Колорадо”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Colorado”
  • Sicilian: “Coloradu”
  • Silesian: “Kolorado”
  • Sindhi: “ڪولراڊو”
  • Sinhala: “කොලරාඩෝ”
  • Skolt Sami: “Colorado”
  • Slovak: “Colorado”
  • Slovenian: “Kolorado”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کلرادو ایالتی”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کولورادو”
  • Spanish: “CO”
  • Spanish: “Colo.”
  • Spanish: “Colorado, Estados Unidos”
  • Spanish: “Colorado”
  • Spanish: “El Estado Centenario”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Colorado”
  • Swahili: “Colorado”
  • Swedish: “Colorado”
  • Tagalog: “Colorado”
  • Tagalog: “Kolorado”
  • Tajik: “Колорадо”
  • Talysh: “Kolorado”
  • Tamil: “கொலராடோ”
  • Tatar: “Колорадо”
  • Telugu: “కొలరాడో”
  • Thai: “โคโลราโด”
  • Thai: “รัฐโคโลราโด”
  • Tibetan: “ཁོ་ལོ་ར་ཌོ།”
  • Tok Pisin: “Kolorado”
  • Tumbuka: “Centennial State”
  • Tumbuka: “Colorado, United States”
  • Tumbuka: “Colorado”
  • Tumbuka: “State of Colorado”
  • Tumbuka: “US-CO”
  • Turkish: “CO”
  • Turkish: “Colo.”
  • Turkish: “Colorado eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Colorado, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri”
  • Turkish: “Colorado”
  • Turkish: “State of Colorado”
  • Turkish: “US-CO”
  • Uighur: “Kolorado Shitati”
  • Ukrainian: “Колорадо”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Colorado”
  • Urdu: “کولوراڈو”
  • Uzbek: “Kolorado”
  • Venetian: “Cołorado”
  • Vietnamese: “Colorado”
  • Vlaams: “Colorado”
  • Vlax Romani: “Kolorado”
  • Volapük: “Colorado”
  • Volapük: “Koloradän”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Colorado”
  • Welsh: “Colorado”
  • Western Frisian: “Kolorado”
  • Western Mari: “Колорадо”
  • Western Panjabi: “کولوراڈو”
  • Wu Chinese: “科罗拉多州”
  • Xhosa: “IKholorado”
  • Yakut: “Колорадо”
  • Yiddish: “קאלאראדא”
  • Yoruba: “Colorado”
  • Yue Chinese: “哥罅拉度省”
  • Yue Chinese: “哥羅拉度州”
  • Yue Chinese: “哥羅拉度省”
  • Zeeuws: “Colorado”
  • Zhuang: “Colorado”
  • Zulu: “Colorado”
  • “Colorado”
  • “Culuràdo”
  • “Kolorads”
  • “ma Kolowato”
  • “US-CO”
  • “कोलोरैडो”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Colorado”. Photo: mark gallagher, CC BY 2.0.