Cortez
Also known as Cortez, Colorado, Cortez, CO
town in and county seat of Montezuma County, Colorado, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Montezuma County seat
- Type
- Home rule municipality
- Mayor
- Rachel Medina
- Total
- 6.274 sq mi (16.249 km )
- Land
- 6.230 sq mi (16.136 km )
- Water
- 0.044 sq mi (0.113 km )
- Elevation
- 6,181 ft (1,884 m)
- Density
- 1,407/sq mi (543/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00 ( MST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−06:00 ( MDT )
- Fips code
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Cortez (/ˈkɔːrtɛz/ ) is a home-rule municipality that is the county seat of and the most populous municipality in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States. The city's population was 8,766 at the 2020 United States census.
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