Alamosa, Colorado

E106571
city county seat

Alamosa, Colorado is a small city in the San Luis Valley known as a regional hub for southern Colorado and a gateway to Great Sand Dunes National Park.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Alamosa, Colorado canonical 9
Alamosa 1
town of Alamosa 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
county seat ⓘ
areaCode 719 ⓘ
averageJanuaryLowTemperature below 0 °F on some nights ⓘ
averageJulyHighTemperature around 80s °F ⓘ
climateClassification cold semi-arid climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Alamosa County, Colorado ⓘ
surface form: Alamosa County
distanceTo about 35 miles from Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ⓘ
elevation about 2,299 meters ⓘ
about 7,543 feet ⓘ
FIPSCode 08-01320 ⓘ
founded 1878 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 0193294 ⓘ
governmentType home rule municipality ⓘ
hasAirportIATACode ALS ⓘ
hasAirportICAOCode KALS ⓘ
hasLocalGovernment city council ⓘ
hostTo Adams State University ⓘ
Alamosa campus ⓘ
surface form: Trinidad State College Alamosa campus
incorporatedAsCity 1878 ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Alamosa County, Colorado ⓘ
isGatewayTo Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ⓘ
isRegionalHubFor southern Colorado ⓘ
knownFor agricultural economy in San Luis Valley ⓘ
cold winter temperatures ⓘ
proximity to Great Sand Dunes ⓘ
locatedIn San Luis Valley ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
majorHighway U.S. Route 160 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 285 NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Spanish word "álamo" (cottonwood tree) ⓘ
nearestNationalPark Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ⓘ
population about 9,800 (2020 census) ⓘ
postalCode 81101 ⓘ
primaryEconomicSectors agriculture ⓘ
education ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
region Southern Colorado ⓘ
surface form: south-central Colorado
servedByAirport San Luis Valley Regional Airport ⓘ
servedByRailroad Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad ⓘ
surface form: Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (historically)
state Colorado ⓘ
traversedByRiver Rio Grande ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern Colorado → hasCity → Alamosa, Colorado ⓘ
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve → nearestCity → Alamosa, Colorado ⓘ
Adams State University → locatedIn → Alamosa, Colorado ⓘ
Western Colorado → hasMajorCity → Alamosa, Colorado ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alamosa
San Luis Valley → contains → Alamosa, Colorado ⓘ
this entity surface form: town of Alamosa
Alamosa County, Colorado → capital → Alamosa, Colorado ⓘ
Alamosa County, Colorado → countySeat → Alamosa, Colorado ⓘ
Alamosa County, Colorado → largestCity → Alamosa, Colorado ⓘ
Alamosa County, Colorado → hasMunicipality → Alamosa, Colorado ⓘ
Sand Creek → nearSettlement → Alamosa, Colorado ⓘ
subject surface form: Sand Creek (Great Sand Dunes)
U.S. Route 285 → passesThrough → Alamosa, Colorado ⓘ