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Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...

– state in the Western United States. It became the 45th state admitted to the

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on January 4, 1896. Utah is the 13th-largest, the 34th-most populous, and the 10th-least-densely populated of the

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. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,817,222 people live along the

Wasatch Front The Wasatch Front is a metropolitan region in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Utah. It consists of a chain of contiguous cities and towns stretched along the Wasatch Range from approximately Provo in the south to Logan in the north ...

, centering on

Salt Lake City Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Utah, most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, Sal ...

, leaving vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited and making the population the sixth most urbanized in the U.S. Utah is the most religiously homogeneous state in the Union. Approximately 63% of Utahns are reported to be members of

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Christianity, Christian church that considers itself to be the Restorationism, restoration of the ...

or LDS (

Mormons Mormons are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement started by Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s. After Smith's death in 1844, the movement split into several ...

), which greatly influences Utah culture and daily life. The world headquarters of

(LDS Church) is located in Utah's state capital.

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: State of Utah ** Abbreviations and name codes *** Postal symbol: UT *** ISO 3166-2 code: US-UT ***

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: .ut.us ** Nicknames *** Beehive State ***

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) *** Greatest Snow on Earth (formerly used on all license plates; now an alternate slogan on license plates alongside the state's current tourism slogan, "Life Elevated") * Adjectival:

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Geography of Utah

Geography of Utah The landlocked U.S. state of Utah is known for its natural diversity and is home to features ranging from arid deserts with sand dunes to thriving pine tree, pine forests in mountain valleys. It is a rugged and geographically diverse state at the ...

* Utah is: a U.S. state, a

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of the United States of America * Location **

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* Population of Utah: 2,763,885 (2010 U.S. Census) * Area of Utah: * Atlas of Utah

Places in Utah

* Historic places in Utah ** Abandoned communities in Utah *** Ghost towns in Utah **

National Historic Landmarks in Utah __NOTOC__ This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in Utah. The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar ...

National Register of Historic Places listings in Utah Image:Utah counties map.png, 300px, Map of Utah counties (clickable) poly 44 574 234 578 233 586 234 594 240 599 242 605 246 603 248 604 248 607 256 614 255 620 249 629 252 634 248 634 242 645 44 640 Beaver County poly 59 39 280 41 286 54 290 59 ...

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Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Utah A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, whic ...

National Natural Landmarks in Utah National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

* National parks in Utah * State parks in Utah

Environment of Utah

* Climate of Utah *

Superfund sites in Utah Superfund is a United States federal environmental remediation program established by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). The program is administered by the United States Environmental Pro ...

* Wildlife of Utah ** Fauna of Utah *** Birds of Utah

Natural geographic features of Utah

* Mountain ranges of Utah *

Plateaus of Utah In geology and physical geography, a plateau (; ; ), also called a high plain or a tableland, is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain that is raised sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. Often one or more sides ha ...

Rivers of Utah This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Utah in the United States, sorted by watershed. Colorado River The Colorado River is a major river in the Western United States, emptying into the Gulf of California. Rivers are listed upstream by ...

* Valleys of Utah

Regions of Utah

* Northern Utah *

Southern Utah Southern Utah University (SUU) is a public university in Cedar City, Utah. Founded in 1897 as a normal school, Southern Utah University now graduates over 1,800 students each year with baccalaureate and graduate degrees from its six colleges. ...

Administrative divisions of Utah

* The 29 counties of the state of Utah ** Municipalities in Utah ***

Cities in Utah A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

**** State capital of Utah:

**** Largest city of Utah:

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Demography of Utah

Demographics of Utah

Government and politics of Utah

Politics of Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its we ...

Form of government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...

: U.S. state government *

United States congressional delegations from Utah Since Utah became a U.S. state in 1896, it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years. Before the Seventeenth Amendment in 19 ...

Utah State Capitol The Utah State Capitol is the house of government for the U.S. state of Utah. The building houses the chambers and offices of the Utah State Legislature, the offices of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, the State Auditor and ...

Elections in Utah Elections in Utah are held to fill various local, state, and federal seats. Special elections may be held to fill vacancies at other points in time. Utah votes predominantly Republican. Self-identified Latter-d ...

Political party strength in Utah The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Utah: *Governor *Secretary of State/ Lieutenant Governor *Attorney General *State Treasurer *State Auditor The table also indicates the historical party composition ...

* Utah Transfer of Public Lands Act, passed 2012, becomes effective 31 December 2014

Branches of the government of Utah

Government of Utah Utah is a state in the United States of America. Its government consists of a state executive, legislative, and judicial branch, laid forth by the Constitution and law of the State of Utah. Executive Branch The executive powers of government are ...

Executive branch of the government of Utah

Governor of Utah A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

** Lieutenant Governor of Utah * State departments ** Utah Department of Transportation

Legislative branch of the government of Utah

* Utah State Legislature (

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Utah Senate The Utah State Senate is the upper house of the Utah State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. The Utah Senate is composed of 29 elected members representing an equal number of senate districts. Each senate district is c ...

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: Utah House of Representatives

Judicial branch of the government of Utah

Courts of Utah * Supreme Court of Utah

Law and order in Utah

Law of Utah Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...

* Cannabis in Utah *

Capital punishment in Utah Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Utah. Utah was the first state to resume executions after the 1972–1976 national moratorium on capital punishment ended with ''Gregg v. Georgia'', when Gary Gilmore was executed by firin ...

** Individuals executed in Utah *

Constitution of Utah The Constitution of the State of Utah defines the basic form and operation of state government in Utah. History The Utah Constitution was drafted at a convention that opened on March 4, 1895 in Salt Lake City. The constitution was later approv ...

Crime in Utah This article refers to crime in the U.S. state of Utah. Statistics In 2008 there were 98,457 crimes reported in Utah, including 40 murders. In 2014 there were 91,057 crimes reported, including 67 murders. Capital punishment laws Capital punishm ...

* Gun laws in Utah * Law enforcement in Utah ** Law enforcement agencies in Utah * Same-sex marriage in Utah

Military in Utah

Utah Air National Guard The Utah Air National Guard (UT ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of Utah, USA. Along with the Utah Army National Guard it is an element of the Utah National Guard. As state militia units, the units in the Utah Air National Guard are not in ...

* Utah Army National Guard

History of Utah

History of Utah The History of Utah is an examination of the human history and social activity within the state of Utah located in the western United States. Prehistory Archaeological evidence dates the earliest habitation of Native Americans in Utah to about ...

History of Utah, by period

Indigenous peoples Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ...

Domínguez–Escalante expedition The Domínguez–Escalante Expedition was a Spanish Empire, Spanish journey of Spanish colonization of the Americas, exploration conducted in 1776 by two Franciscan priests, Atanasio Domínguez and Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, to find an overl ...

, 1776 *

Adams–Onís Treaty The Adams–Onís Treaty () of 1819, also known as the Transcontinental Treaty, the Florida Purchase Treaty, or the Florida Treaty,Weeks, p.168. was a treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that ceded Florida to the U.S. and defined t ...

of 1819 *

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, September 16, 1810 – August 24, 1821 ** Treaty of Córdoba, August 24, 1821 *

Mexican–American War The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War and in Mexico as the (''United States intervention in Mexico''), was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. It followed the 1 ...

, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848 **

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, February 2, 1848 * Mormon settlement, 1847–1861 **

Mormon Trail The Mormon Trail is the long route from Illinois to Utah that members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints traveled for 3 months. Today, the Mormon Trail is a part of the United States National Trails System, known as the Mormon ...

, 1847–1869 ** Mormon handcart pioneers, 1856–1860 *

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of the United States, 1848–1850 ** State of Deseret (extralegal), 1849–1850 * Territory of Utah, 1850–1896 ** Compromise of 1850 ** Walker War, 1853–1854 **

Tintic War The Tintic War was a short series of skirmishes occurring in February 1856 in the Tintic and Cedar Valleys of Utah, occurring after the conclusion of the Walker War. It was named after a subchief of the Ute and involved several clashes between set ...

, 1856 ** Mountain Meadows Massacre, 1857 **

Jefferson Territory The Territory of Jefferson was an extralegal and unrecognized United States territory that existed from October 24, 1859 until the creation of the Colorado Territory on February 28, 1861. The Jefferson Territory, named for Founding Father and Un ...

(extralegal), 1859–1861 **

Pony Express The Pony Express was an American express mail service that used relays of horse-mounted riders. It operated from April 3, 1860, to October 26, 1861, between Missouri and California. It was operated by the Central Overland California and Pik ...

, 1860–1861 **

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...

, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865 ***

Utah in the American Civil War The Utah Territory (September 9, 1850 - January 4, 1896) during the American Civil War was far from the main operational theaters of war, but still played a role in the disposition of the United States Army, drawing manpower away from the volunte ...

** First Transcontinental Telegraph completed 1861 **

Morrisite War The Morrisite War was a skirmish between a Latter Day Saint sect known as the "Morrisites" and the Utah territorial government. Morrisites In 1857 Joseph Morris, an English convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah, rep ...

, 1862 **

Black Hawk War The Black Hawk War was a conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted after Black Hawk and a group of Sauks, Meskwakis (Fox), and Kickapoos, known as the "British Band", crosse ...

, 1865–1872 ** History of women's suffrage in Utah **

First transcontinental railroad North America's first transcontinental railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the " Overland Route") was a continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail netwo ...

completed on May 10, 1869 ** Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869 * State of Utah becomes 45th State admitted to the United States of America on January 4, 1896 ** Zion National Park established on November 19, 1919 ** Utah National Park established on June 7, 1924 ** Utah National Park renamed Bryce Canyon National Park on February 25, 1928 **

Canyonlands National Park Canyonlands National Park is an American national park located in southeastern Utah near the town of Moab. The park preserves a colorful landscape eroded into numerous canyons, mesas, and buttes by the Colorado River, the Green River, and their r ...

established on September 12, 1964 **

Arches National Park Arches National Park is a national park in eastern Utah, United States. The park is adjacent to the Colorado River, north of Moab, Utah. More than 2,000 natural sandstone arches are located in the park, including the well-known Delicate Arch, a ...

established on November 12, 1971 ** Capitol Reef National Park established on December 18, 1971 ** XIX Olympic Winter Games, 2002

Culture of Utah

Culture of Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its ...

* Museums in Utah * Religion in Utah ** The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah **

Episcopal Diocese of Utah The Episcopal Diocese of Utah is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States, encompassing the state of Utah, less that part of the Four Corners region which is in the Navajoland Area Mission. It includes a small part of northern Arizo ...

* Scouting in Utah * State symbols of Utah ** Flag of the State of Utah **

Great Seal of the State of Utah Great may refer to: Descriptions or measurements * Great, a relative measurement in physical space, see Size * Greatness, being divine, majestic, superior, majestic, or transcendent People * List of people known as "the Great" *Artel Great (born ...

The arts in Utah

* Music of Utah

Sports in Utah

Sports in Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its ...

Professional sports teams in Utah Professional sports teams based in Utah encompass multiple teams including the NBA's Utah Jazz, Major League Soccer's Real Salt Lake and Major League Rugby's Utah Warriors. Current teams Historical teams American Football Baseball Men ...

Economy and infrastructure of Utah

Economy of Utah The economy of Utah is a diversified economy covering industries such as tourism, mining, agriculture, manufacturing, information technology, finance, and petroleum production. The majority of Utah's gross state product is produced along the Wasat ...

* Communications in Utah ** Newspapers in Utah ** Radio stations in Utah **

Television stations in Utah Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, e ...

* Energy in Utah ** List of power stations in Utah **

Solar power in Utah The U.S. state of Utah has the solar potential to provide all of the electricity used in the United States.Uranium mining in Utah Uranium mining in Utah, a state of the United States, has a history going back more than 100 years. Uranium mining started as a byproduct of vanadium mining about 1900, became a byproduct of radium mining about 1910, then back to a byproduct of va ...

Wind power in Utah Wind power in Utah is in the early stages of development. As of 2016 the state had 391 MW of wind generation capacity, responsible for 2.6% of in-state electricity generation. Wind thus plays a small role in the state's renewable portfolio stand ...

* Health care in Utah **

Hospitals in Utah A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emerge ...

* Transportation in Utah **

Airports in Utah An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...

** Roads in Utah ***

State highways in Utah The U.S. state of Utah, the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) operates a system of state routes that serve all portions of the state. In official documents the state of Utah uses the term "state routes" for numbered, state maintained h ...

Education in Utah

Education in Utah Education in Utah has a long history that has led to a more efficient education system throughout the state. The education system started to take shape in 1847 when Mormon pioneers arrived in Utah state. The first schools were predominantly run b ...

* Schools in Utah **

School districts in Utah A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compulsor ...

*** High schools in Utah ** Colleges and universities in Utah ***

Utah System of Higher Education The Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) is the public university system of the state of Utah. It includes each of the state's sixteen public institutions of higher education, including its eight technical colleges. History On March 21, 1969, ...

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