Pueblo, Colorado
Pueblo, Colorado | |
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| Nickname(s): Home of Heroes, Steel City | |
| Motto: "A City Of Excellence" | |
Location of the City of Pueblo in Pueblo County, Colorado | |
Location of Pueblo in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 38°16′1″N 104°37′13″W / 38.26694°N 104.62028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Pueblo |
| City | Pueblo |
| Incorporated | November 15, 1885 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Home rule municipality |
| • Body | Pueblo City Council |
| • Mayor | Heather Graham |
| Area | |
• Total | 56.083 sq mi (145.254 km2) |
| • Land | 55.382 sq mi (143.439 km2) |
| • Water | 0.701 sq mi (1.815 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,692 ft (1,430 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 111,876 |
| • Rank | 9th in Colorado 273rd in the United States |
| • Density | 2,000/sq mi (770/km2) |
| • Metro | 168,162 (257th) |
| • CSA | 217,690 (186th) |
| • Front Range | 5,055,344 |
| Demonym | Puebloan |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 81001-81012 |
| Area code | 719 |
| FIPS code | 08-62000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0204798 |
| Major Routes | |
| Website | pueblo.us |
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Pueblo (/ˈpwɛbloʊ/ PWEB-loh) is a home rule municipality that is the county seat of and the most populous municipality in Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 111,876 at the 2020 United States census, making Pueblo the ninth most populous city in Colorado. Pueblo is the principal city of the Pueblo, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and a major city of the Front Range Urban Corridor.
Pueblo is situated at the confluence of the Arkansas River and Fountain Creek, 112 miles (180 km) south of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. The area is considered semi-arid desert land, with approximately 12 inches (304.80 mm) of precipitation annually. With its location in the "Banana Belt", Pueblo tends to get less snow than the other major cities in Colorado.
Pueblo is one of the largest steel-producing cities in the United States, for which reason Pueblo is referred to as the "Steel City". The city is also a hub of higher education, enrolling nearly 14,000 students between Colorado State University Pueblo and Pueblo Community College. The Historic Arkansas River Project (HARP) is a riverwalk in the Union Avenue Historic Commercial District, and shows the history of the devastating Pueblo Flood of 1921.