Editing Alamosa, Colorado (section)

{{short description|The Home Rule City that is seat of Alamosa County, Colorado, United States.}}
{{distinguish|Alamosa County, Colorado}}
{{infobox settlement
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|name                     = Alamosa, Colorado
|settlement_type          = [[List of municipalities in Colorado#Home rule municipality|home rule city]]<ref name=COMun>{{cite web|url=https://dola.colorado.gov/dlg_lgis_ui_pu/publicMunicipalities.jsf|title=Active Colorado Municipalities|publisher=[[Colorado Department of Local Affairs]]|access-date=December 29, 2024}}</ref>
|motto                    = "Gateway to the Great Sand Dunes"
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|image_skyline            = Alamosa, Colorado.JPG
|image_caption            = Entering Alamosa from the east
|image_flag               = Flag of Alamosa, Colorado.png
|flag_size                = 
|image_blank_emblem       = Logo of Alamosa, Colorado.png
|blank_emblem_type        = Logo
|image_map                = Alamosa County Colorado Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Alamosa Highlighted 0801090.svg
|mapsize                  = 
|map_caption              = Location of the City of Alamosa in {{nowrap|[[Alamosa County, Colorado]]}}
<!-- Pushpin map -->
|pushpin_map             = USA#USA Colorado
|pushpin_relief          = 
|pushpin_label           = Alamosa
|pushpin_label_position  = right
|pushpin_map_caption     = Location of the City of Alamosa, Colorado.
<!-- Location -->
|coordinates             = {{coord|37.4694|-105.8700|type:city_region:US-CO_source:GNIS-203624|display=it}}
|coordinates_footnotes   = <ref name=GNIS>{{cite gnis|id=203624|name=Alamosa, Colorado|access-date=December 29, 2024}}</ref>
|elevation_ft            = 7543
|elevation_footnotes     = <ref name=GNIS/>
|unit_pref               = US
|subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name        = [[United States]]
|subdivision_type1       = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1       = [[Colorado]]
|subdivision_type2       = [[List of counties in Colorado|County]]
|subdivision_name2       = [[Alamosa County, Colorado|Alamosa County seat]]<ref name=COcounty>{{cite web|url=https://dola.colorado.gov/dlg_lgis_ui_pu/publicCounties.jsf|title=Colorado Counties|publisher=[[Colorado Department of Local Affairs]]|access-date=December 29, 2024}}</ref>
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|government_footnotes     = 
|government_type          = [[List of municipalities in Colorado#Home rule municipality|home rule city]]<ref name=COMun />|leader_title              = Mayor
|leader_name              = Ty Coleman<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cityofalamosa.org/departments/city-council/ |title=City Council |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2017 |website=The City of Alamosa |access-date=September 22, 2019 }}</ref>
|leader_title1            = 
|leader_name1             = 
|established_title        = Established
|established_date         = May 1878
|established_title2       = <!-- Incorporated (town) -->
|established_date2        = 
|established_title3       = [[municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date3        = August 12, 1878<ref name=MuniIncCO>{{cite web | url = http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/muninc.html | title = Colorado Municipal Incorporations | publisher = [[Colorado|State of Colorado]], Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives | date = December 1, 2004 | access-date =August 18, 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200920/http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/muninc.html| archive-date= September 27, 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>
<!-- Area --------------------->
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_08.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 31, 2021}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 20.65
|area_land_km2            = 20.46
|area_water_km2           = 0.19
|area_total_sq_mi         = 7.97
|area_land_sq_mi          = 7.90
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.07
<!-- Population ----------------------->
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 9806
|population_density_sq_mi = 
|population_density_km2   = 71.03
|population_blank1_title  = [[Demonym]]
|population_blank1        = Alamosan
<!-- General information ----------------------->
|timezone1                = [[Mountain Time Zone|MST]]
|utc_offset1              = −07:00
|timezone1_DST            = [[Mountain Time Zone|MDT]]
|utc_offset1_DST          = −06:00
<!-- Area/postal codes & others -------->
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 81101, 81102<ref name=ZIPcode>{{cite web|date=August 18, 2007 |url=http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp |title=ZIP Code Lookup |format=[[JavaScript]]/[[HTML]] |publisher=[[United States Postal Service]] |access-date=August 18, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818145107/http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp |archive-date=August 18, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|area_code_type          = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
|area_code               = [[Area code 719|719]]
|blank_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS pop ID]]
|blank_info              = {{GNIS 4|203624}}
|blank1_name             = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS city ID]]
|blank1_info             = {{GNIS 4|2409673}}
|blank2_name             = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
|blank2_info             = {{FIPS|08|01090}}
|website                 = {{URL|https://cityofalamosa.org/}}
|named_for               = The cottonwood trees along the [[Rio Grande]]<ref name=placenames/>
}}

'''Alamosa''' is the [[List of municipalities in Colorado#Home rule municipality|home rule city]] that is the [[county seat]] of [[Alamosa County, Colorado]], United States.<ref name=CountySeatsCO>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/hs/cntyseat.html|title=Colorado County Seats|publisher=[[State of Colorado]], Department of Public Health and Environment|access-date=December 31, 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080108104015/http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/hs/cntyseat.html| archive-date= January 8, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> Alamosa is located along the [[Rio Grande]]. The city population was 9,806 in the [[2020 United States census]].<ref name=2020_Census>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/about/rdo/summary-files.html|title=Decennial Census P.L. 94-171 Redistricting Data|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], [[United States Department of Commerce]]|date=August 12, 2021|access-date=September 2, 2021}}</ref> The city is the commercial center of the [[San Luis Valley]] in south-central [[Colorado]], and is the home of [[Adams State University]].