Alamosa

Also known as Alamosa, Colorado, Alamosa, CO

city in and county seat of Alamosa County, Colorado, United States

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Alamosa is a city in Colorado that serves as the county seat of Alamosa County, meaning it is the main governmental center for the county. It's a community in south-central Colorado that functions as an important local administrative hub for the region.

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Key facts

Country: United States
State: Colorado
County: Alamosa County seat
Established: May 1878
Incorporated: August 12, 1878
Named after: The cottonwood trees along the Rio Grande
Type: home rule city
Mayor: Ty Coleman
Total: 7.97 sq mi (20.65 km )
Land: 7.90 sq mi (20.46 km )
Water: 0.073 sq mi (0.19 km )
Elevation: 7,543 ft (2,299 m)
Density: 184.0/sq mi (71.03/km )
Demonym: Alamosan
Time zone: UTC−07:00 ( MST )
Summer dst: UTC−06:00 ( MDT )
Zip code: 81101, 81102
Fips code: 08-01090

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Official website

Homepage City of Alamosa

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Alamosa
Population: 9806
Area: 14.282979
Elevation: 2299
Official website: www.cityofalamosa.org
Image: Alamosa, Colorado.JPG
Households: 3814
Dialing code: 719

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inception: 1878-00-00
Commons category: Alamosa, Colorado
water as percent of area: 2.256
P8168: Douarnenez
water area: 0.322229
per capita income: 20981
postal code: 81102

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Article

Alamosa is the home rule city that is the county seat of, and the most populous municipality in, Alamosa County, Colorado United States. Alamosa is located along the Rio Grande. The city population was 9,806 in the 2020 United States census. The city is the commercial center of the San Luis Valley in south-central Colorado, and is the home of Adams State University. Alamosa is the primary city of the Alamosa, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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