Maps: Which Countries Would Fit Inside Colorado?

Sometimes Colorado seems like its own country. And there's a reason for that. Colorado is actually larger than some of the most famous countries in the world — so much so that several of those nations and others could actually fit inside our state with room to spare. This fact...
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Sometimes Colorado seems like its own country. And there’s a reason for that.

Colorado is actually larger than some of the most famous countries in the world – so much so that several of those nations and others could actually fit inside our state with room to spare.

This fact is graphically depicted in “If Colorado Were a Storage Unit, What Countries Would Fit Inside?,” from the folks at SelfStorage.com. The site has created a series of maps that superimpose thirteen countries over Colorado, and in general, the former don’t quite measure up.

Size matters. Check out the maps here.

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