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''STATE NAME'' is a state in the <name of region> of the [[United States]]. It borders... ADD BORDER STATE OR COUNTRY INFO.  
''Colorado'' is a state in the western and mountain regions of the [[United States]]. It borders [[Wyoming]] to the north, [[Nebraska]] and [[Kansas]] to the northeast and east, [[New Mexico]] and [[Oklahoma]] to the south, and [[Utah]] to the west.  
[[Image:Colorado in United States.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The state of Colorado]]
[[Image:Colorado in United States.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The state of Colorado]]
In YEAR, ... ADD NOTE ON POPULATION AND SIZE.
The 2010 census records a population of 5 million. The state capital and largest city is Denver. Colorado is known as The Centennial State, and is well known for its magnificent scenery of mountains, rivers and plains. Residents of Colorado are properly known as "Coloradans", although the archaic term "Coloradoan" is still used.


==Education in STATE NAME==
==Education in Colorado==
For Education in STATE NAME see LINK(S) - e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Maine
There are 179 school districts in Colorado. For a list, see:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_Colorado_school_districts


==Virtual schools in STATE NAME==
For a list of colleges and universities in Colorado, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Colorado
For an overview of virtual schools in STATE NAME see RELEVANT KPK12 LINK - e.g. http://kpk12.com/states/maine/
 
==Virtual schools in Colorado==
The statewide virtual school is Colorado Online Learning (COL), which had 1,379 course enrollments in 2009-10. Through this and other courses, Colorado has around 13,093 full-time online students. For more information, see: http://kpk12.com/states/colorado/


==References==
==References==
* Reference one
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado
* Reference two
* http://www.census.gov/popfinder/
* http://kpk12.com/states/colorado/


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''Colorado'' is a state of the [[United States]] located in the Rocky Mountain region. It may also be considered to be part of the Western and Southwestern regions of the United States.
Colorado entered statehood in 1876 and was nicknamed the "Centennial State". It is bordered to the north by Wyoming, to the south by New Mexico and Oklahoma, at the southwest corner by Arizona, to the east by Nebraska and Kansas and to the west by Utah.
The state is well known for its magnificent scenery of mountains, rivers and plains.
The population of Colorado is 4.9 million, a 14% increase since the U.S. Census 2000. This makes it similar in size to several smaller members of the EU - such as [[Denmark]], [[Finland]], [[Ireland]] and [[Slovakia]] - and to [[Scotland]] in the [[UK]].
Denver is the capital of Colorado and the state's most populous city. Boulder is another well-known city,
Residents of Colorado are properly known as "Coloradans", although the archaic term "Coloradoan" is still used.
For more details see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado.
== Education ==
Wikipedia does not record any general material about education in Colorado but does have a comprehensive list of post-secondary institutions at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Colorado,
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Colorado is a state in the western and mountain regions of the United States. It borders Wyoming to the north, Nebraska and Kansas to the northeast and east, New Mexico and Oklahoma to the south, and Utah to the west.

The state of Colorado

The 2010 census records a population of 5 million. The state capital and largest city is Denver. Colorado is known as The Centennial State, and is well known for its magnificent scenery of mountains, rivers and plains. Residents of Colorado are properly known as "Coloradans", although the archaic term "Coloradoan" is still used.

Education in Colorado

There are 179 school districts in Colorado. For a list, see:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_Colorado_school_districts

For a list of colleges and universities in Colorado, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Colorado

Virtual schools in Colorado

The statewide virtual school is Colorado Online Learning (COL), which had 1,379 course enrollments in 2009-10. Through this and other courses, Colorado has around 13,093 full-time online students. For more information, see: http://kpk12.com/states/colorado/

References

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