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.
Zhijin County is located in the west of central Guizhou-the economic core area of central Guizhou. It is the lower county of Bijie City, Guizhou Province, Dafang County and Qianxi County of Bijie City to the north, Qingzhen City of Guiyang City and Pingba District of Anshun City to the east, Xixiu District of Anshun City to the southeast, Puding County of Anshun City to the south, Liuzhi Special Zone of Liupanshui City to the southwest, and Nayong County of Bijie City to the west. Zhijin County is located in the triangle zone of the confluence of the Liuchong River and Sancha River, a tributary of the Wujiang River. The county seat is 157km away from the provincial capital Guiyang and 144km from Bijie; the lowest elevation is 860m, the highest elevation is 2262 m, and the county seat elevation is 1310 m; the annual average temperature is 14.1 ℃, the annual rainfall is 1436 mm, the annual sunshine is 1172 hours, and the frost-free period is 327d, which belongs to subtropical monsoon climate. Zhijin County has jurisdiction over 6 streets, 16 towns, 3 townships and 7 ethnic groups.