Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs
Nickname : The Springs
Downtown Colorado Springs
Location in Colorado
Colorado Springs
Basic data
Foundation :	1871
State :	United States
State :	Colorado
County :	El Paso County
Coordinates :	38 ° 50 ′  N , 104 ° 49 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 50 ′  N , 104 ° 49 ′  W
Time zone :	Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 )
Inhabitants : -  Metropolitan Area :	465,101 (as of 2016) 712,327 (as of 2016)
Population density :	966.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	482.1 km 2  (approx. 186 mi 2 ) of which 481.1 km 2  (approx. 186 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	1832 m
Postcodes :	80901-80951 & 80960 & 80962 & 80970 & 80977 & 80995 & 80997
Area code :	+1 719
FIPS :	08-16000
GNIS ID :	0204797
Website :	coloradosprings.gov
Mayor :	John Suthers ( R )
Aerial view of Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs , with around 465,000 inhabitants (2016 estimate, US Census Bureau ), is the second largest city in the US state of Colorado and is located around 100 km south of Denver on the eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains at the foot of Pikes Peak . It is the administrative headquarters of El Paso County and is home to various military facilities of the US Air Force , which, along with companies in the high-tech industry, is the most important employer in the vicinity of the city.

Colorado Springs is also known as the center of the evangelical movement. This is home to Megachurch , where Ted Haggard was pastor when he was chairman of the National Association of Evangelicals . The campaign for the referendum on Amendment 2, which changed the Colorado Constitution to prohibit local authorities from adopting anti-discrimination measures, also came from Colorado Springs. Occasionally - mainly by Evangelicals themselves - the city is referred to as the "Evangelical Vatican ".

The television series' Dr. Quinn - A Passionate Doctor 'is set in the early days of Colorado Springs around 1880 shortly after it was founded.

Population development

The city's population is growing continuously, the number of inhabitants increased by 94% from 1980 to 2010:

year	Residents¹
1980	215.105
1990	281.140
2000	360.329
2010	417,514
2016	465.101

¹ 1980–2010: census results; 2016: US Census Bureau estimate

history

Colorado Springs was founded in August 1871 by General William Palmer , a hero of the American Civil War . The tourist attractions in the area such as the Garden of the Gods , the Manitou Cliff Dwellings or the Cave of the Winds attract around 6 million visitors every year.

Infrastructure

Military bases

• United States Air Force Academy - United States Air Force
• Cheyenne Mountain Air Station - United States Air Force
• Peterson Air Force Base - United States Air Force , headquarters of the United States Northern Command , North American Aerospace Defense Command, and United States Space Command
• Schriever Air Force Base - United States Air Force
• Fort Carson - United States Army

Further educational institutions

• Colorado College
• Colorado Technical University
• University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS)
• United States Air Force Academy

Museums

• Carriage House Museum
• McAllister House Museum
• Peterson Air and Space Museum
• Pioneer Museum
• Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy
• World Figure Skating Museum and Hall of Fame

Sports

Colorado Springs has been the headquarters of the United States Olympic Committee since 1978 and the location of one of three major Olympic training facilities in the United States. Many Olympic sports are therefore headquartered in the city, including the national associations of bobsleigh , skeleton , fencing , figure skating , basketball , cycling , judo , hockey , swimming , sport shooting , table tennis , triathlon , volleyball , wrestling and boxing . In boxing alone, the city hosted the US championships more than 20 times until 2011, making it the second most popular venue for national boxing championships in the USA after Boston .

In addition, the city has already hosted numerous international sports competitions, including the World Figure Skating Championships in 1957, 1959, 1965, 1969 and 1975, the 29th Ice Hockey World Championships in 1962 (together with Denver ), the 4th World Junior Wrestling Championships in 1982, the 76th UCI Track World Championships 1986, the 53rd UCI Road World Championships 1986 and the 3rd Pan American Cadet Boxing Championships 2004 (together with Pueblo ).

The first professional boxing event was held in the city in 1890.

sons and daughters of the town

• Karl Cortlandt Schuyler (1877–1933), politician, Senator from Colorado
• Lon Chaney Sr. (1883–1930), actor of the silent film era
• William Gordon Lennox (1884–1960), neurologist and epileptologist
• Talcott Parsons (1902-1979), sociologist
• Marceline Day (1908-2000), actress
• John Dingell junior (1926-2019), politician
• Jerry Unser (1932–1959), racing car driver
• Bobby Unser (* 1934), racing car driver
• Kelly Bishop (born 1944), actress
• Daniel D. Harris (1947–2012), guitarist and actor
• Tom Hamilton (* 1951), bass player for the rock band Aerosmith
• Matt Darriau (* 1960), musician
• Chase Masterson (born 1963), actress and singer
• Sherry Stringfield (born 1967), actress
• John Romero (* 1967), game developer
• Julie Ashton (* 1968), porn actress
• Kirstjen Nielsen (* 1972), politician
• Bob Sapp (born 1973), wrestler
• Bobby Lashley (born 1976), wrestler
• Danny Pate (* 1979), cyclist
• Christopher Del Bosco (* 1982), freestyle skier
• Steve O'Dwyer (born 1982), poker player
• Jennifer Sipes (* 1984), actress
• Michelle Waterson (* 1986), mixed martial arts fighter and photo model
• Emily Stockman (* 1988), volleyball player
• Cody Kessel (born 1991), volleyball player
• Brandon Carlo (* 1996), ice hockey player

Town twinning

We have partnerships with the following cities:

•  Japan : Fujiyoshida , since 1962
•  Taiwan : Kaohsiung , since 1983
•  Russia : Smolensk , since 1993
•  Kyrgyzstan : Bishkek , since 1994
•  Mexico : Nuevo Casas Grandes , since 1996
•  Australia : Bankstown , since 1999

Climate table

Colorado Springs, Colorado
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     7.4   5 -9     10   7th -7     24   10 -4     30th   15th 1     55   20th 6th     57   26th 11     74   29 14th     77   27 13     34   23 8th     21st   18th 2     12   10 -4     12   6th -8th Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: National Weather Service, US Dept of Commerce

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Colorado Springs, Colorado Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 5.2 7.0 10.0 15.4 20.4 26.1 29.1 27.4 23.1 17.5 10.4 5.7 O 16.5 Min. Temperature (° C) −8.8 −7.1 −4.1 0.6 5.6 10.6 13.9 12.9 8.4 2.4 −3.9 −8.1 O 1.9 Precipitation ( mm ) 7.4 10.2 23.9 30.2 54.6 57.2 73.7 76.7 33.8 21.3 11.9 11.7 Σ 412.6 Rainy days ( d ) 2.7 2.7 5.5 4.9 9.4 6.5 7.8 9.5 4.7 3.2 2.1 3.8 Σ 62.8 Source: National Weather Service, US Dept of Commerce

Web links

Commons : Colorado Springs  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Official website of the city

Individual references, comments

1. ↑ Examples of this use can be found in the article “Soldiers of Christ” in Harper's Weekly ( Memento of March 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (a detailed description of the evangelical spirit of the city) and in the book by Robert Lanham, The Sinner's Guide to the Evangelical Right , 2006