Las Animas, Colorado
Las Animas, Colorado | |
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City Hall (2010) | |
Location within Bent County and Colorado | |
| Coordinates: 38°4′1″N 103°13′33″W / 38.06694°N 103.22583°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Bent |
| Incorporated | May 15, 1886 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jim Collins |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.67 sq mi (4.33 km2) |
| • Land | 1.63 sq mi (4.21 km2) |
| • Water | 0.05 sq mi (0.12 km2) |
| Elevation | 3,898 ft (1,188 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,300 |
| • Density | 1,400/sq mi (530/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| ZIP Code | 81054 |
| Area code | 719 |
| FIPS code | 08-43660 |
| GNIS ID | 195526 |
| Website | City website |
Las Animas is the statutory city that is the county seat, the most populous community, and the only incorporated municipality in Bent County, Colorado, United States. The city's population was 2,300 at the 2020 United States census. Las Animas is located on the Arkansas River, just west of its confluence with the Purgatoire River (or "Purgatory River"), in southeast Colorado east of Pueblo, near the historic Bent's Fort.