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.
Taicang City, a county-level city hosted by Suzhou City in Jiangsu Province, is located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province, on the south bank of the Yangtze River Estuary. It is bordered by the Yangtze River to the east, across the river from Chongming District, Baoshan District and Jiading District of Shanghai to the south, Kunshan City to the west and Changshu City to the north. The total area of the city is 823 square kilometers, the water area of the Yangtze River is 143.97 square kilometers, and the land area is 665.96 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 1 street, 6 towns and Taicang Port Economic Development Zone. Taicang culture belongs to Wu Yue culture, Taicang people belong to Jiangsu and Zhejiang people, and use Wu language. Taicang, as the nearest city to Shanghai, has formed the "co-city effect" of geographical proximity, popularity, economic integration and language and culture in Shanghai for a long time. Taicang is close to Shanghai and becomes the "back garden" of Shanghai. Taicang belongs to the subtropical monsoon area with four distinct seasons.