Colorado
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Colorado | |
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U.S. State | |
| State of Colorado | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Nickname: The Centennial State | |
| Motto(s): Nil sine numine (English: Nothing without providence) | |
| Originally founded | November 26, 2022 |
| Government | |
| • Governor | VACANT |
| • Lieutenant Governor | VACANT |
| • Legislature | Colorado State Assembly |
| Demonym | Coloradoans |
Colorado is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains.
Colorado is bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas to the east, Oklahoma to the southeast, New Mexico to the south, Ridgeway to the west, and Utah to the northwest. Colorado is noted for its vivid landscape of mountains, forests, high plains, mesas, canyons, plateaus, rivers, and desert lands.
Canton, located within Boulder County is the capital of and most populous city in Colorado.