Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Colorado Springs is a home rule municipality in and the county seat of El Paso County, Colorado, United States.[1] It is the largest city in El Paso County, with a population of 478,961 at the 2020 United States Census, a 15.02% increase since 2010.[7][9] Colorado Springs is the second-most populous city and the most extensive city in the state of Colorado, and the 40th-most populous city in the United States.[10] It is the principal city of the Colorado Springs metropolitan area 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.
Colorado Springs, Colorado | |
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 Colorado Springs with the Front Range in the background | |
| Nicknames: | |
 Location of the City of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado | |
  Colorado Springs Location of the City of Colorado Springs in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 38°50′02″N 104°49′31″W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Colorado |
| County | El Paso County[5] |
| Incorporated | June 19, 1886[6] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Home rule municipality[1] |
| • Mayor | John Suthers (R)[lower-alpha 1] |
| 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) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 478,961  |
| • Rank | 2nd in Colorado 40th in the United States |
| • Density | 2,400/sq mi (900/km2) |
| • Urban | 632,494 (US: 66th) |
| • Urban density | 3,156.7/sq mi (1,218.8/km2) |
| • Metro | 755,105 (US: 79th) |
| • Front Range | 5,055,344 |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC–06:00 (MDT) |
| ZIP codes[8] | 80901–80951, 80960, 80962, 80970, 80977, 80995, 80997 |
| Area code | 719 |
| FIPS code | 08-16000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0204797 |
| Website | coloradosprings |
At 6,035 feet (1,839 m) the city stands over 1 mile (1.6 km) above sea level. Colorado Springs 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. The city is the largest city north of Mexico above 6000 feet in elevation.