#12 The Rocky Mountain Region

The Rocky Mountains extends about 2,000 miles from New Mexico to northeastern Canada. According to the textbook The Geography of North America, "Some parts of the region get more days of sunshine per year than San Diego. (231) Fur trappers from Europe were the first to explore in this region. Today recreation, tourism and government  have replaced mining as the regions economic focus. As San Diego, this region has large population of Latinos. The population has been increasing for Latinos in this region.

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