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City and State Information for Utah
Utah
Beehive State
Motto: Industry
Population (2005): 2,469,585
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Cities and Towns |
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Utah Facts and Statistics |
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| Capital |
Salt Lake City |
| Date entered the Union |
Jan. 4, 1896 (45th) |
| Land Area |
82,144 sq mi. (212,753 sq km) |
| Population Density |
27.2 people per square mile |
| Record High Temperature (F) |
117 (July 05, 1895) |
| Record High Temperature (C) |
47 |
| Record Low Temperature (F) |
–69 (February 01, 1985) |
| Record Low Temperature (C) |
–56 |
| Average Elevation |
6,100 feet |
| High Elevation |
13,528 feet |
| Low Elevation |
2,000 feet |
Origin of the name Utah: From the Ute tribe, meaning “people of the mountains”
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State Symbols |
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A state's official symbols represent the composition and culture of the land and people who live and have lived here. Below are the symbols of Utah along with the year they became official.
| Flower | Sego Lily (1911) | | Tree | Blue Spruce (1933) | | Bird | California Gull (1955) | | Emblem | Beehive (1959) | | Song | “Utah, We Love Thee” (1953) | | Gem | Topaz | | Animal | Rocky Mountain Elk (1971) | | Insect | Honeybee (1983) | | Grass | Indian Rice Grass (1990) | | Fossil | Allosaurus (1988) | | Cooking Pot | Dutch Oven (1997) | | Fish | Bonneville Cutthroat Trout (1997) | | Fruit | Cherry (1997) | | Mineral | Copper | | Rock | Coal (1991) |
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