Costilla County, Colorado

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Costilla County, Colorado is a sparsely populated, historically significant county in south-central Colorado known for containing the state's oldest permanent settlement and rich Hispano cultural heritage.

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Costilla County, Colorado canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf county
county in Colorado
borders Alamosa County, Colorado
Colfax County, New Mexico
Conejos County, Colorado
Huerfano County, Colorado
Las Animas County, Colorado
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Taos County, New Mexico
containsProtectedArea Sangre de Cristo Wilderness
surface form: Sangre de Cristo Wilderness (part)
containsSettlement Blanca, Colorado
Chama, Colorado
Fort Garland, Colorado
San Acacio, Colorado
San Luis, Colorado
San Pablo, Colorado
San Pedro, Colorado
containsWaterBody Costilla River
surface form: Costilla Creek

Culebra Creek
country United States of America
countySeat San Luis, Colorado
demographicCharacteristic large Hispanic and Latino population
FIPSCode 08023
GNISID 01934326
hasEconomySector agriculture
ranching
tourism
hasFeature Culebra Range
San Luis Valley
Sangre de Cristo Mountains
hasHeritage Hispano culture
Spanish-American culture
hasHighestPoint Culebra Peak
hasHistoricLandGrants Sangre de Cristo Land Grant
surface form: Beaubien-Miranda Land Grant

Sangre de Cristo Land Grant
hasPermanentSettlement San Luis, Colorado
historicalRegion Hispano homeland of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico
isSparselyPopulated true
languageHeritage Spanish
largestSettlement San Luis, Colorado
locatedIn south-central Colorado
namedFor Costilla River
notableFor Hispano cultural heritage
oldest permanent settlement in Colorado
partOf San Luis Valley
state Colorado
timeZone Mountain Time Zone
wasPartOf former Spanish and Mexican land grant areas

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Southern Colorado hasCounty Costilla County, Colorado
Las Animas County, Colorado borderedBy Costilla County, Colorado
Huerfano County, Colorado borders Costilla County, Colorado
Alamosa County, Colorado borderedBy Costilla County, Colorado
Conejos County, Colorado borderedBy Costilla County, Colorado
Fort Garland Museum & Cultural Center locatedIn Costilla County, Colorado
Gunnison National Forest containsPartOf Costilla County, Colorado