Pueblo, Colorado

Pueblo, Colorado
Home rule municipality[1]
Historic Arkansas Riverwalk at night Pueblo Zoo Pueblo Union Depot Minnequa Steel Works Office Building Colorado State University-Pueblo Pueblo County Courthouse
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Nickname(s):  Home of Heroes, Steel City
Motto:  "A City Of Excellence"[3]
Location of the City of Pueblo in Pueblo County, Colorado
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Coordinates: 38°16′1″N 104°37′13″W / 38.26694°N 104.62028°W / 38.26694; -104.62028
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Pueblo[2]
City	Pueblo[1]
Incorporated	November 15, 1885[4]
Government
• Type	Home rule municipality[1]
• Body	Pueblo City Council
• Mayor	Heather Graham[5]
Area [6]
• 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 [7]	4,692 ft (1,430 m)
Population  (2020)[6]
• 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

Pueblo (/ˈpwɛbloʊ/ PWEB-loh)^[9] is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Pueblo County, Colorado, United States.^[1] 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,^[10] for which reason Pueblo is referred to as the "Steel City". 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.