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.
Gucheng County, which belongs to Hengshui City, Hebei Province, is located in the southeast of Hebei Province, at the junction of Hebei and Shandong provinces and three cities. By 2018, with a total area of 941 square kilometers, there are 538 administrative villages in 11 towns and 2 townships, with a total population of 530000, including 410000 agricultural population and 910000 mu of arable land. Gucheng County is a sub-humid continental monsoon climate in the north temperate zone, with four distinct seasons and simultaneous rain and heat. The annual average temperature is 13.2℃. The annual sunshine time is 2608.5 hours and the annual sunshine rate is 59%. The average annual precipitation is 532 mm. The frost-free period for the whole year is about 190 days. In 2018, the GDP of Gucheng County reached 12.5 billion yuan, the total financial revenue was 1.14 billion yuan, the general public budget revenue was 666 million yuan, the investment in fixed assets was 8 billion yuan, and the total industrial output value was completed.