Las Animas
Also known as Las Animas, Colorado, Las Animas, CO
city in Bent County, Colorado, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Bent
- Incorporated
- May 15, 1886
- Mayor
- Jim Collins
- Total
- 1.67 sq mi (4.33 km )
- Land
- 1.63 sq mi (4.21 km )
- Water
- 0.046 sq mi (0.12 km )
- Elevation
- 3,898 ft (1,188 m)
- Density
- 1,400/sq mi (550/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( MST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 (MDT)
- Fips code
- 08-43660
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Las Animas is the statutory city that is the county seat of, the most populous community in, 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.
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