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UNITED STATES
COLORADO
Your capital and largest city is Denver.The state of Colorado limited to the state
Wyoming,Kansas,Oklahoma,New Mexico and Utah.With 270 thousand square kilometers ,is the eighth largest
U.S. state
FLAG OF COLORADO
Flower representing the Colorado
Aquilegia
Geographic
The state of Colorado is divided in four geographic regions:the colorado plateu,the rockies,great plains and intermontanhar bowl.
Climate
The climate of Colorado is varied, due to its very rough terrain,higher temperatures are recorded in the extreme southwest and Great Plains. Meanwhile, the Rockies recorded the lowest average temperatures of Colorado.
economyAgriculture and livestock together account for 1% of GDP, employing about 78 thousand people. Colorado has about 29,000 farms - popularly called ranches - which cover about 60% of the state. The main products of the agricultural industry of Colorado are meat and bovine milk, straw, wheat, corn and apples.
TourismCreated a fertile ground for the creation of several ski resorts - like Aspen internationally known. These resorts attract millions of tourists a year, and make tourism a major source of state income.
Races and ethnicities
• Racial composition of the population of Colorado:
• 74.5% - Caucasian• 17.1% - Hispanic• 3.4% - african-american• 2.2% - Asian• 1% - Native American• 1.4% - two or more races
Religion
Percentage of Colorado's population by religious affiliation:
Christianity - 75%
Protestant - 48%
Baptist Church - 9%
Methodist Church - 5%
Lutheran Church - 5%
Presbyterian Church - 3%
Other affiliations Protestant - 26%
Roman Catholic Church - 24%
Mormons - 2%
Other Christian affiliations - 1%
Other religions - 1%
Non-Religious - 22%
Transport
Colorado is one of the main transport hubs in the United States. Denver is the largest transportation hub in the state, one of the most important road and airport hubs in the country.
education
The first school was opened in Colorado in 1859.Currently, all educational institutions in Colorado need to follow rules and standards dictated by the State Board of Education Colorado
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