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.
Loudi is an important prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hunan Province, located in the center of Hunan Geography, the permanent host of Hunan Expo, an important industrial city of Hunan, Hunan energy, regional circulation node city, and strategic reserve base of raw materials. it is an important part of the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan urban agglomeration, and is known as the "Pearl of Central Hunan". It has jurisdiction over 3 counties and 2 cities, including Louxing District, Lengshuijiang City, Lianyuan City, Shuangfeng County and Xinhua County, with a total area of 8117 square kilometers. According to legend, among the 28 stars in the sky, "Lou Xing" and "Luo Xing" reflect each other here, hence the name. Loudi is the hometown of Chiyou, one of the three ancestors of the Chinese nation who is respected by later generations as the "god of war". It is one of the main birthplaces of Huxiang culture, including Meishan Dragon Palace, Zeng Guofan's former residence, Ziqujie terraces and Mejiang National Geopark.