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Colorado is one of the 50 states of the United States and is located in the Rocky Mountain region. The Continental Divide stretches across the crest of the Rocky Mountains. The state has more mountain peaks with an elevation of more than 4,000 meters (13,123 ft) than Alaska. While generally thought only to be a mountainous state, Colorado also has a considerable portion of flat and open land on the Eastern Plains. Admitted into the union on August 1, 1876, Colorado became the 38th state. Ranked 8th in total land area, it is only 22nd in population. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the 2007 population was 4,861,515, but the population density is only 41.5 person per sq mile.

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Emblem of the US Air Force Academy

The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA or Air Force), located immediately north of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States, is an institution for the undergraduate education of officers for the United States Air Force. Graduates of the four-year program receive a Bachelor of Science degree and most are commissioned as second lieutenants in the United States Air Force.[1] The Academy is also one of the largest tourist attractions in Colorado, attracting more than a million visitors each year.

State Facts

Nickname: The Centennial State
Capital: Denver
State Officers[2]
- Governor: Bill Ritter (D)
- Lieutenant Governor: Barbara O'Brien (D)
- Secretary of State: Mike Coffman
- Attorney General: John Suthers
- Treasurer: Cary Kennedy
- Comptroller General:
- Commissioner of Education: Dwight D. Jones
- Commissioner of Agriculture: John R. Stulp
- Adjutant General: Major General Michael H. Edwards

Total area: 104,185 sq.mi
- Land: 103,815 sq.mi
- Water: 371 sq.mi
Highest elevation: 14,440 ft (Mount Elbert, Lake County)
Population (2000 census): 4,861,515
Date admitted to the Union: August 1, 1876

Senators: Wayne Allard (D) Ken Salazar (D)
Representatives: Diana DeGette (D) Mark Emery Udall (D) , John Tony Salazar (D) Marilyn Neoma Shuler Musgrave (R), Doug Lamborn (R), Tom Tancredo (D) Ed Perlmutter (D)

State symbols:

State Capital: Denver State Motto: Nil sine numine (Latin, "Nothing without Providence") State Songs: "Where the Columbines Grow" and "Rocky Mountain High" State Tree: Colorado Spruce or Blue Spruce State Flower: Rocky Mountain Columbine State Grasses: Blue grama State Bird: Lark Bunting State Animal: Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep State Fish: Greenback cutthroat trout State Butterfly: Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly State Rock: Aquamarine State Quarter edit

Did You Know?

... that there are 50 mountain peak over 14,000 ft in Colorado.
... that Colorado is the only state to reject the award as the site of the Olympic Games after they had been granted.
... that The Race to the Clouds, is an annual automobile and motorcycle hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak.
... that in the past, Colorado called itself the Silver state.
... that Colorado is one of only three U.S. states that have only lines of latitude and longitude for boundaries.

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The Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge in
Jackson County, Colorado in the United States
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Colorado News

January 3, 2007 – Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams was killed in a drive by shooting.
January 6, 2007 – An avalanche on US 40 buried cars outside of Denver.
February 24, 2007 – A snowstorm causes 35-car pile-up on I-70.
July 17, 2007 – A gunman was killed outside the governor's office.

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Selected biography

John Albert Elway, Jr. (born June 28, 1960) played American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Denver Broncos from 1983 through 1998. Regarded by many as one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history, Elway holds college and professional records and was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He is the only quarterback to have started in five Super Bowls, having won two.