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COLORADO QUICK FACTS
Capital: Denver
State Seal: State Seal
Nickname: Centennial State
Motto: Nil Sine Numine
(Nothing Without the Deity)
State Flower: Columbine
State Animal: Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep
State Bird: Lark Bunting
State Fish: Greenback Cutthroat Trout
State Folk Dance: Square Dance
State Fossil: Stegosaurus
State Gem Stone: Aquamarine
State Grass: Blue Grama Grass
State Insect: Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly
State Song: "Where the Columbines Grow"
Listen to the MP3 of song.
Here's the words.
State Tartan: State Tartan
State Tree: Colorado Blue Spruce
State Mineral: Rhodochorsite
Area: 104,247 sq. mi.
Rank in area: 8th
Population: 2000... 4,301,261
1990... 3,294,394
1950... 1,325,089
1900... 539,700
Highest mountain: Elbert (14,431)
Colorado Fourteeners Initiative
Main rivers: Arkansas, Colorado,
Gunnison, Rio Grande, South Platte
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