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Quick Facts: Utah
| Capital
City: |
Salt Lake City |
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| Nickname: |
Beehive State |
| Motto: |
Industry |
| Statehood: |
January 4, 1896
(45th) |
| Origin
of State's Name: |
Taken from the
name of the Ute Indians, whose name means "people of the
mountains" |
| Largest
Cities: |
Salt Lake City,
Provo, West Valley City, Sandy, Orem |
| Border
States: |
Arizona,
Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Wyoming |
| Land
Area: |
82,168 sq. mi.,
12th largest |
| State
Bird: |
American Seagull |
| State
Flower: |
Sego Lily (calochortus
gunnisonii) |
| State
Tree: |
Blue Spruce (picea
pungens) |
| State
Song: |
Utah, We Love
Thee |
| E-mail
your Congressperson: |
U.S. House: 110th
Congress
U.S. Senate: 110th
Congress
Or look up your Congressperson in the Congressional
Directory database! |
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