La Junta, Colorado

37.981388888889 - 103.54751243Koordinaten: 37 ° 58 ' 53 "N, 103 ° 32' 51 " W

La Junta is a place in the American state of Colorado.

It is the county seat of Otero County. The town has 7077 inhabitants ( 2010).

La Junta is located on U.S. Highway 50 and on the south bank of the Arkansas River. In its vicinity, about 10 km north-east, lies the Bent 's Old Fort National Historic Site.

Sons and daughters of the town

• William Charles Anderson (1920-2003), science fiction author
• Ken Kesey (1935-2001), author of the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and pioneer of the hippie movement