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.
Jianzha County is located in the southeast of Qinghai Province and in the north of Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Most of Jianzha County is bounded by the Yellow River and Hualong County in the northeast, Xunhua County in the southeast, Guide County in the west and Tongren County in the south. The county is about 87 kilometers from north to south and 48 kilometers from east to west, with a total area of 1714 square kilometers. As of 2011, the total population was 54300, of which 40, 000 were ethnic minorities, with Tibetans accounting for about 62% of the total population. The county has jurisdiction over 3 towns and 6 townships. Jianzha County has profound religious and cultural accumulation, which is the birthplace of Tibetan Buddhism. Kambra National Geopark is famous for its "Danxia" scenery composed of red gravel. There are three major monasteries in the park: Nanzong Temple, Nigu Temple and Nanzongza Temple. It is the only religious place in Qinghai Province where monks, secrets and nuns coexist.