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.
Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County is a county under the jurisdiction of Haidong City, Qinghai Province, located on the eastern edge of Qinghai Province, connected with Yongdeng County of Gansu Province and Honggu District of Lanzhou City in the northeast, Yongjing County of Gansu Province in the east, opposite Jishishan County of Gansu Province to the south, and Xunhua County, Hualong County and Ledu District of the province in the west, northwest and north. The county is about 96 kilometers from north to south and 32 kilometers from east to west, with a total area of 1890.82 square kilometers. Minhe Hui Tu Autonomous County has jurisdiction over 8 towns and 14 townships. Minhe Hui Tu Autonomous County is mainly Han nationality, and ethnic minorities are mainly Hui, Tu, Tibetan, etc., with a total population of 421300 (2011). It is an important grain, vegetable, melon and fruit producing area in Qinghai Province. It enjoys the beauty of quot; & the hometown of melons and fruits in the whole province.