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Colorado Springs, Colorado — From Wikipedia
Colorado Springs | |
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Colorado Springs skyline and the Front Range | |
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Location of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado | |
| Coordinates: 38°51′28″N 104°36′21″W / 38.85778°N 104.60583°W[6] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | El Paso[2] |
| Incorporated | June 19, 1886[7] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Home rule city[1] |
| • Mayor | Yemi Mobolade (I)[8] |
| Area | |
• Total | 195.761 sq mi (507.019 km2) |
| • Land | 195.399 sq mi (506.082 km2) |
| • Water | 0.362 sq mi (0.937 km2) |
| Elevation | 6,011 ft (1,832 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 478,961 |
| • Density | 2,451.19/sq mi (946.410/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| ZIP code[10] | 80901–80951, 80960, 80962, 80970, 80977, 80995, 80997 |
| Area code | 719 |
| GNIS city ID | 2410198[6] |
| FIPS code | FIPS 08 16000 |
| Website | coloradosprings |
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Colorado Springs is a home rule city that is the county seat of and the most populous city in El Paso County, Colorado, United States.[1] The city had a population of 478,961 at the 2020 census, a 15.02% increase since 2010.[9][11] Colorado Springs is the second-most populous city and most extensive city by area in the state of Colorado, and the 40th-most-populous city in the United States.[12] It is the principal city of the Colorado Springs metropolitan area, which had 755,105 residents in 2020, and the second-most prominent city of the Front Range Urban Corridor. It is located in east-central Colorado on Fountain Creek, 70 miles (113 km) south of Denver.
At 6,035 feet (1,839 m),[6] the city stands over 1 mile (1.6 km) above sea level. It is near the base of Pikes Peak, which rises 14,115 feet (4,302.31 m) above sea level on the eastern edge of the Southern Rocky Mountains.