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La Jara is a statutory town in Conejos County, Colorado, United States. The population was 730 at the 2020 United States census.<ref name="Census 2020" />
Geography
[edit]La Jara is in the San Luis Valley region of Colorado. U.S. Route 285 passes through La Jara, leading north Template:Convert to Alamosa and south Template:Convert to the New Mexico border and beyond.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of Template:Convert, all land.<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite web</ref>
Demographics
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Notable people
[edit]- Eppie Archuleta, master weaver and 1985 recipient of the National Heritage Fellowship<ref name=ajournal>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Morton Blackwell, conservative political activist, born in La Jara in 1939
- Donald Valdez, former Colorado State Representative