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.
Gaozhou, county-level cities under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, important small and medium-sized cities of Beibu Gulf Urban agglomeration in China, economically strong counties (cities) in mountainous areas of Guangdong Province, educational counties (cities) of Guangdong Province, and county medical centers of Guangdong Province, the comprehensive strength of economic and social development has long been in the forefront of Guangdong counties. Gaozhou is located in the southwest of Guangdong Province, southwest of Guangdong, near the South China Sea in the east, Jianjiang Plain in the south, Guangxi in the west, Yunkai Mountain in the north, six counties and cities in Guangdong and Guangxi in the west, Yangchun City and Dianbai District in the east, Maonan District in the south and Xinyi City in the north, bordering Huazhou City in the southwest and Beiliu City in Guangxi in the northwest. Gaozhou, formerly known as Maoming County and Gaozhou County, evolved from the administration of Maoming County by Gaozhou Prefecture (Road) in the Yuan Dynasty, while the place name of "Gaozhou" evolved from "Gaoliang". Before the Sui Dynasty, Gaoliang County was in the area of Enping and Yangjiang; since the Sui and Tang dynasties