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| Capital
City: |
Salt Lake City |
| Location: |
40.77726 N, 111.92992 W |
| Area: |
84,904 sq. mi. |
| Population: |
2,060,000 (7/97) |
| Statehood: |
January 4th, 1896; 45th State |
| Song: |
Utah, we love thee |
| words & music by: Evan Stephens |
| Nickname: |
Beehive State |
| Origin of states name: |
Taken from the name of the Ute Indians, |
| whose name means " people of the mountain". |
| Time
zone: |
Mountain |
| Other Cities: |
Provo, Sandy, West Valley City |
| Border
States: |
Arizona, Colorado,
Idaho, Nevada, |
| New Mexico,
Wyoming; |
| Geographic Center: |
Sanpete, 3 miles north of Menti |
| Coastline: |
none |
| Highest Point: |
Kings Peak, 13,528 feet |
| Agriculture: |
Cattle, dairy products, turkeys, hay |
| Industry: |
Machinery, aerospace, mining, food processing, tourism; |
| National
Park: |
Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands,
Capitol Reef, Zion; |
| Topography: |
High Colorado plateau cut by brilliantly colored
canyons |
| in the southeast; broad, flat dessert like great basin
of the west; |
| Middle Rockies in the northeast running east west; |
| Temperature
Summer: |
F° 65 to 73 |
| Temperature Winter: |
F° 23 to 30 |
| Flower: |
Sego lily |
| Tree: |
Blue Spruce |
| Newspapers: |
The
Salt Lake Tribune |
| Attractions: |
Utah
Attractions. Roadside America |
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