Portal:Colorado
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Colorado is the state of the United States of America that encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the high western edge of the Great Plains. Fifty-five of the 124 highest major mountain peaks of North America rise in Colorado. Admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876, Colorado became the 38th U.S. state. Colorado ranks first in mean elevation, eighth in total area, and 22nd in population among the 50 U.S. states. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population of Colorado was 5,456,574 on July 1, 2015, an increase of +8.50% since the 2010 United States Census. Denver is the state capital, the most populous city, and the heart of the most populous metropolitan area of the Rocky Mountain Region. Colorado Springs is the state's second most populous city. While the population of the Front Range Urban Corridor now exceeds 4.5 million, many rugged portions of the state remain pristine wilderness.Template:/box-header Template:/WikiProjects and Outlines Template:/box-footer Template:/box-header Template:/Events Template:/box-footer Template:/box-header Template:/News Template:/box-footer Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found.
- Although the Rocky Mountains extend from New Mexico to British Columbia, the Rockies' 30 highest major summits all rise in Colorado.
- The western portal of the Eisenhower Tunnel on Interstate Highway I-70 is the highest point on the U.S. Interstate Highway System.
- U.S. Highway 34 on Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park is the highest U.S. Highway.
- The Pikes Peak Highway is the highest toll road in the world.
- Colorado State Highway 105 on the Mount Evans Scenic Byway is the highest paved highway in North America.
- The Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway is the highest railroad in North America.
Template:/box-header Template:/Categories Template:/box-footer Template:/box-header Template:/Attractions Template:/box-footer Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found. Grand Junction Regional Airport (IATA: GJT, ICAO: KGJT, FAA LID: GJT) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northeast of the central business district of Grand Junction, a city in Mesa County, Colorado, United States. The airport covers 2,357 acres (9.54 km2) and has two runways. It is the largest airport on the Colorado Western Slope.
The airport opened in 1930 as Grand Junction Municipal Airport. In 1942 it was renamed Walker Field for Walter Walker, a former publisher of The Daily Sentinel newspaper who helped obtain funds and business support for the airport. The airport and the airport authority were both renamed on May 15, 2007. Grand Junction Regional Airport is undergoing a $20 million renovation, of which $700,000 is designated to pay for signs containing the new name. The airport's terminal and fire building will continue to be named for Walker and a new $19 million roadway under construction will be called Walter Walker Blvd.
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Navajo has more speakers than any other Native American language north of the U.S.-Mexico border, with 170,717 self-reported speakers in 2007, and this number has increased with time. The grestest numbers are in New Mexico. During World War II, the language was used as a code in the Pacific War by bilingual Navajo code talkers to send secure military messages over radio. This had the advantage of being an extremely fast method of encrypted communication; the code was never broken by the Japanese.
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