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DENVER:“The Mile High City”
• Population of 600,158• Governor John Hickenlooper
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Citie
sLargest Cities and
Populations:
• Denver (600,158)• Colorado Springs (416,427)• Aurora (325,078)• Fort Collins (143,986)• Lakewood (142,980)
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sColorado has two main
interstates
• Interstate 25 runs North to South• Interstate 70 runs East to West
Colorado’s total miles of roadway
• 88,259Return to
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Park
sColorado has four
National Parks
• The Great Sand Dunes National Park• The Rocky Mountain National Park• Mesa Verde National Park• Black Canyon of the Gunnison
National Park
Also44 State Parks6 National Monuments11 National forest8 Wildlife Refuges
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Colorado History
• Purchased from France in 1803• Territory disputed by Spain then
Mexico• Mexico relinquished territory in
1848 by treaty• Statehood Date: August 1,1876• 1908 hosted Democratic Convention• 2009 population exceeds 5 million
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