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Colorado:
State motto: Nil Sine Numine - Nothing Without the Deity
Nickname: Centennial State - because it became the 38th state in 1876, 100 years after the signing of our nation's Declaration of Independence.
State song: "Where the Columbines Grow"
State Flower: White and Lavender Columbine
The capital is Denver - the mile high city
The name Colorado has its origin in the Spanish language, as the world for "colored red". This was the name chosen for Colorado as a Territory in 1861.
2000 Population: 4,301,261
The state has a land area of 103,718 square miles (about 42 people per square mile)
Colorado has the highest mean elevation of any state, with more than 1,000 Rocky Mountain peaks over 10,000 ft high and 54 that tower over 14,000 feet.
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