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.
Huocheng County: a county directly under Yili Prefecture, Xinjiang (in the former Yili area). Huocheng County is located in the open area of the northwest of Yili River Valley. It is a border county dominated by agriculture and the combination of agriculture and animal husbandry. The county is adjacent to Tianshan and Wenquan County of Bortala Mongolia Autonomous Prefecture in the north, across the river to the south, Yining to the east, and Horgos and Kazakhstan to the west. The boundary line is 183 kilometers long, with unique geographical advantages along the border, along the road, along the river and along the mountains. It is the west gate of China, the gateway to Yili and the "throat" to Central and West Asia and other countries. Huocheng County is 120km long from north to south and 85km wide from east to west, with a total area of 5460 square kilometers. Huocheng County has jurisdiction over 3 towns, 7 townships and 1 development zone, with a total population of 364000 (2013) and 29 ethnic groups. two