Colorado Springs, Colorado

Colorado Springs is a Hame Rule Municipality that is the coonty seat an maist populous ceety o El Paso Coonty, Colorado, Unitit States. Colorado Springs is locatit in the Sooth Central portion o Central Colorado. It is situatit on Fountain Creek an is locatit 61 mile (98 km) sooth o the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. At 6,035 feet (1839 m) the ceety sits ower ane mile (1.6 km) abuin sea level, though some auries o the ceety are significantly heicher. Colorado Springs is situatit near the base o ane o the maist famous American muntains, Pikes Peak, at the eastren edge o the soothren Rocky Muntains.

Wi an estimatit population of 414,358 in 2009,^[1] it is the seicont maist populous ceety in the state o Colorado, ahint Denver, an the 46t maist populous ceety in the Unitit States,^[2] while the Colorado Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area haed an estimatit population o 626,227.^[3] The ceety covers 186.1 square miles (482 km2), makin it Colorado's lairgest ceety in aurie. Colorado Springs wis selectit as the No. 1 Best Big Ceety in "Best Places to Live" bi Money magazine in 2006,^[4] an placed number ane in Outside's 2009 leet o Americae's Best Ceeties.^[5]

Sister ceeties

Bishkek mayor Arstanbek Nogoev presents a gift for Colorado Springs mayor Lionel Rivera tae a US airman at Manas Air Base, in a ceremony aimed at revivin ties atween the twa sister ceeties^[6]

Sister ceeties o Colorado Springs include:

Fujiyoshida, Japan (1962)
Kaohsiung, Taiwan (1983)
Smolensk, Roushie (1993)
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (1994)
Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico (1996)
Bankstoun, New Sooth Wales, Australie (1999)

References

↑ "Here is some interesting information about the demographics of the City of Colorado Springs". City of Colorado Springs. Archived frae the original on 25 December 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
↑ "What is Colorado Springs' population". 18 Julie 2009. Archived frae the original on 25 December 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
↑ "Tables". U.S. Census bureau. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
↑ "10 Best Big Cities". CNNMoney.com. 30 September 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
↑ "Best Towns 2009 | Outside Online". OutsideOnline.com. Archived frae the original on 24 Mey 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
↑ Nathaniel, Daniel (19 Mairch 2007), "Manas Airmen reunite sister cities Bishkek, Colorado Springs", Air Force Link, United States: Department of Defense, archived frae the original on 18 Julie 2012, retrieved 18 October 2007

Coordinates: 38°51′48″N 104°47′31″W / 38.8633°N 104.7919°W / 38.8633; -104.7919

[1] "Here is some interesting information about the demographics of the City of Colorado Springs". City of Colorado Springs. Archived frae the original on 25 December 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2010.

[PopEstBigCities-2] "What is Colorado Springs' population". 18 Julie 2009. Archived frae the original on 25 December 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2010.

[3] "Tables". U.S. Census bureau. Retrieved 15 September 2010.

[4] "10 Best Big Cities". CNNMoney.com. 30 September 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2009.

[5] "Best Towns 2009 | Outside Online". OutsideOnline.com. Archived frae the original on 24 Mey 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2009.

[6] Nathaniel, Daniel (19 Mairch 2007), "Manas Airmen reunite sister cities Bishkek, Colorado Springs", Air Force Link, United States: Department of Defense, archived frae the original on 18 Julie 2012, retrieved 18 October 2007

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