Colorado Springs is a home rule municipality in, and the county seat of, El Paso County, Colorado, United States. 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. 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. 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.
Chaoyang County, which belongs to Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province, is located in the west of Liaoning Province, in the middle and upper reaches of Daling River, bordered by Nanpiao District and Lianshan District of Linghai City and Huludao City in the east and southeast, and adjacent to Jianping, Kazuo and Jianchang in the west and southwest, and bordered by Beipiao and Aohan Banner in Inner Mongolia Autonomous region. It is 109.1 km long from north to south and 76.2km wide from east to west. With a total area of 3757 square kilometers (2013), there are 13 towns and 13 townships under its jurisdiction, with a population of 562628 (2013). In 2013, Chaoyang County achieved a GDP of 146600 yuan. Chaoyang County has split ravines, Nulur Hushan Nature Reserve, Qingfengling and other famous scenic spots.