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.
Jiexiu City is located in the hinterland of Shanxi Province, to the south of Taiyuan Basin, with geographical coordinates of 111 °44 °10 "- 112 °10" E and 36 °50 °01 "- 37 °11 °04" N, bordering Fenyang City and Pingyao County in the north and northeast, Qinyuan County in the southeast, Lingshi County in the southwest and Xiaoyi City in the northwest. Jiexiu belongs to the temperate monsoon climate zone, cold in winter and summer in summer, with four distinct seasons. The city has jurisdiction over 5 streets, 7 towns and 3 townships, with a total administrative area of 744 square kilometers and a resident population of 436000 (2017). Jiexiu City is known as "the hometown of the three sages", Jiexiu, who was divided into shares in the Spring and Autumn period, Guo Linzong, who wrote Botong classics in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Wen Yanbo, who has been in office for 50 years in the Northern Song Dynasty.