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Utah (/ˈjuːtɑː/ YOO-tah, /ˈjuːtɔː/ ^ⓘ YOO-taw; Navajo: Áshįįh Biiʼtó Hahoodzo) is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It borders Colorado to its east, Wyoming to its northeast, Idaho to its north, Arizona to its south, and Nevada to its west. Utah also touches a corner of New Mexico in the southeast. Of the fifty U.S. states, Utah is the 13th-largest by area; with a population over three million, it is the 30th-most-populous and 11th-least-densely populated. Urban development is mostly concentrated in two areas: the Wasatch Front in the north-central part of the state, which is home to roughly two-thirds of the population and includes the capital city, Salt Lake City; and Washington County in the southwest, with more than 180,000 residents. Most of the western half of Utah lies in the Great Basin.

Utah has been inhabited for thousands of years by various indigenous groups such as the ancient Puebloans, Navajo, and Ute. The Spanish were the first Europeans to arrive in the mid-16th century, though the region's difficult geography and harsh climate made it a peripheral part of New Spain and later Mexico. Even while it was Mexican territory, many of Utah's earliest settlers were American, particularly Mormons fleeing marginalization and persecution from the United States via the Mormon Trail. Following the Mexican–American War in 1848, the region was annexed by the U.S., becoming part of the Utah Territory, which included what is now Colorado and Nevada. Disputes between the dominant Mormon community and the federal government delayed Utah's admission as a state; only after the outlawing of polygamy was it admitted in 1896 as the 45th.

People from Utah are known as Utahns. Slightly over half of all Utahns are Mormons, the vast majority of whom are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), which has its world headquarters in Salt Lake City; Utah is the only state where a majority of the population belongs to a single church. A 2023 paper challenged this perception (claiming only 42% of Utahns are Mormons) however most statistics still show a majority of Utah residents belong to the LDS church; estimates from the LDS church suggests 60.68% of Utah's population belongs to the church whilst some sources put the number as high as 68%. The paper replied that membership count done by the LDS Church is too high for several reasons. The LDS Church greatly influences Utahn culture, politics, and daily life, though since the 1990s the state has become more religiously diverse as well as secular. (Full article...)

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Bryce Canyon National Park (/braɪs/) is an American national park located in southwestern Utah. The major feature of the park is Bryce Canyon, which despite its name, is not a canyon, but a collection of giant natural amphitheaters along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Bryce is distinctive due to geological structures called hoodoos, formed by frost weathering and stream erosion of the river and lake bed sedimentary rock. The red, orange, and white colors of the rocks provide spectacular views for park visitors. Bryce Canyon National Park is much smaller and sits at a much higher elevation than nearby Zion National Park. The rim at Bryce varies from 8,000 to 9,000 feet (2,400 to 2,700 m).

The Bryce Canyon area was settled by Mormon pioneers in the 1850s and was named after Ebenezer Bryce, who homesteaded in the area in 1874. The area around Bryce Canyon was originally designated as a national monument by President Warren G. Harding in 1923 and was redesignated as a national park by Congress in 1928. The park covers 35,835 acres (55.992 sq mi; 14,502 ha; 145.02 km²) and receives substantially fewer visitors than Zion National Park (nearly 4.3 million in 2016) or Grand Canyon National Park (almost 6 million in 2016), largely due to Bryce's more remote location. In 2018, Bryce Canyon received 2,679,478 recreational visitors, an increase of 107,794 visitors from the prior year. (Full article...)

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Zion Canyon at sunset in Zion National Park as seen from Angels Landing

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April 14, 1983 - a landslide leads to the destruction of Thistle, Utah.
April 15, 1948 - Utah's first television station, W6SIX, begins broadcasting.

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Karl Anthony Malone (born July 24, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Mailman", he is considered one of the greatest power forwards in NBA history. Malone spent his first 18 seasons (1985–2003) in the NBA with the Utah Jazz and formed a formidable duo with his teammate John Stockton. He was a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player, a 14-time NBA All-Star, and an 11-time member of the All-NBA first team. His 36,928 career points scored rank third all-time in NBA history behind LeBron James and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and he holds the records for most free throws made and attempted, and most regular season games started, in addition to being tied for the second-most first-team All-NBA selections with Kobe Bryant and behind LeBron James.

Malone played college basketball at Louisiana Tech University. In his three seasons with Louisiana Tech, he helped the Bulldogs basketball team to its first-ever NCAA tournament in 1984 and to first place in the Southland Conference in 1985. The Utah Jazz selected him in the first round of the 1985 NBA draft with the 13th overall pick. Malone appeared in the playoffs every season in his career, including the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998 with the Jazz. He played his final season with the Los Angeles Lakers, with whom he played his third Finals in 2004. Malone also competed with the United States national team in the Summer Olympic Games of 1992 and 1996; in both years he won gold medals. In 1996, as part of the NBA's 50th Anniversary, Malone was honored as one of the 50 greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 50th Anniversary Team. In October 2021, Malone was again honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. (Full article...)

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The exposed geology of the Capitol Reef area presents a record of mostly Mesozoic-aged sedimentation in an area of North America in and around Capitol Reef National Park, on the Colorado Plateau in southeastern Utah.

Nearly 10,000 feet (3,000 m) of sedimentary strata are found in the Capitol Reef area, representing nearly 200 million years of geologic history of the south-central part of the U.S. state of Utah. These rocks range in age from Permian (as old as 270 million years old) to Cretaceous (as young as 80 million years old.) Rock layers in the area reveal ancient climates as varied as rivers and swamps (Chinle Formation), Sahara-like deserts (Navajo Sandstone), and shallow ocean (Mancos Shale). (Full article...)

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...that George Dern (pictured), the 6th Governor of Utah and 54th War Secretary, is the grandfather of actor Bruce Dern and the great-grandfather of actress Laura Dern?
...that the fifth-worst mining accident in American history, the Winter Quarters Mine disaster, occurred in Scofield, Utah on May 1, 1900 when at least 200 workers died as the result of a coal dust explosion?
...that the Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation operates the Bingham Canyon Mine, the largest open-pit copper mine in the world near Copperton, Utah?

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Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah in 1913, looking east along 200 South from West Temple Street. To the far left is the Salt Lake Temple. The very white building right of the Temple is Hotel Utah, about one year old at the time. Just visible on the right side of the photo is the Salt Lake City and County Building clocktower. The Wasatch Mountains are in the background.

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Image 1Salt Lake International Airport is the largest airport in Utah (from Utah)
Image 2The California gull is the Utah state bird. (from Utah)
Image 3Deseret Village recreates Utah pioneer life for tourists. (from Utah)
Image 4Pariette Wetlands (from Utah)
Image 5Deer Creek Reservoir (from Utah)
Image 6The Golden Spike where the First transcontinental railroad was completed in the U.S. on May 10, 1869, in Promontory, Utah (from Utah)
Image 7Joshua trees, yuccas, and cholla cactus occupy the far southwest corner of the state in the Mojave Desert (from Utah)
Image 8Utah population density map (from Utah)
Image 9Bonneville Salt Flats (from History of Utah)
Image 10The boundaries of the provisional State of Deseret—as proposed in 1849—are shown with a dotted line. The Utah Territory as organized in 1850, is shown in blue with black outline. (from History of Utah)
Image 11The Olympic cauldron is lit by the 'Miracle on Ice' 1980 U.S. men's ice hockey team at the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City (from Utah)
Image 12Kolob Canyons at Zion National Park (from Utah)
Image 13The Huntsman Cancer Institute on the campus of the University of Utah (U of U) in Salt Lake City (from Utah)
Image 14The Scott Matheson Courthouse is the seat of the Utah Supreme Court. (from Utah)
Image 15Pando, considered one of the heaviest and oldest organisms on Earth. (from Utah)
Image 16Fremont petroglyph, Dinosaur National Monument (from History of Utah)
Image 17Little Cottonwood Canyon (from Utah)
Image 18Snow in Rose Park, Salt Lake City (from Utah)
Image 19Children reading in Santa Clara, Utah, in 1940 (from Utah)
Image 20Downtown Salt Lake City in the early 20th century. (from History of Utah)
Image 21The Rocky Mountain elk is the Utah state mammal. (from Utah)
Image 22Brigham Young led the first Mormon pioneers to the Great Salt Lake. (from Utah)
Image 23Ethnic origins in Utah as of 2021 (from Utah)
Image 24Farms and ranches (from Utah)
Image 25Sri Sri Radha Krishna (Hindu) Temple (from Utah)
Image 26Navajo homeland in Monument Valley (from History of Utah)
Image 27Map showing Utah in 1838 when it was part of Mexico. From Britannica 7th edition. (from History of Utah)
Image 28Jake Garn (top-right), former Senator of Utah (1974–1993), and astronaut on Space Shuttle flight STS-51-D (from Utah)
Image 29"Welcome to Utah" sign (from Utah)
Image 30One out of every 14 flash memory chips in the world is produced in Lehi, Utah. (from Utah)
Image 31FrontRunner commuter rail runs between Ogden and Provo via Salt Lake City (from Utah)
Image 32Location where the Mormons entered the Salt Lake Valley in 1847, now the This is the Place Monument and Deseret Village (from History of Utah)
Image 33The Utah State Capitol, Salt Lake City (from Utah)
Image 34The Wasatch Front region has seen large growth and development despite the economic downturn. Shown is the City Creek Center project, a development in downtown Salt Lake City with a price tag of $1.5–2.5 billion. (from Utah)
Image 35The Eyring Science Center on the campus of Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah (from Utah)
Image 36Arches National Park (from Utah)
Image 37TRAX light rail serves Salt Lake County (from Utah)
Image 38First Presbyterian Church in Salt Lake City (from Utah)
Image 39Hovenweep Castle, San Juan River basin (from History of Utah)
Image 40A sketch of Salt Lake City in 1860 (from Utah)
Image 41Köppen climate types of Utah, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Utah)
Image 42Robbie Russell playing for Real Salt Lake (from Utah)
Image 43Utah county boundaries (from Utah)
Image 44Map showing Utah in 1838 when it was part of Mexico, Britannica 7th edition (from Utah)
Image 45Zion National Park in southern Utah is one of five national parks in the state. (from Utah)
Image 46Zion National Park (from History of Utah)
Image 47Western black widow spider (from Utah)
Image 48The LDS Salt Lake Temple, the primary attraction in the city's Temple Square (from Utah)
Image 49Utah State Route 12 through Red Canyon in Dixie National Forest (from Utah)
Image 50American Fork Canyon (from Utah)
Image 51Bryce Canyon National Park Amphitheater (winter view) (from Utah)
Image 52The Utah Jazz playing against the Houston Rockets (from Utah)

Map of counties in Utah by racial plurality, per the 2020 US Census

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Image 54Mining has been a large industry in Utah since it was first settled. The Bingham Canyon Mine in Salt Lake County is one of the largest open pit mines in the world. (from Utah)

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Nickname: The Beehive State
Capital and largest city: Salt Lake City
Total area: 219,887 km² (84,899 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census): 2,736,424
Date admitted to the Union: January 4, 1896

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Animal: Rocky Mountain elk
Bird: California seagull
Fish: Bonneville cutthroat trout
Flower: Sego lily
Grass: Indian ricegrass
Insect: European honey bee
Tree: Quaking aspen
Fossil: Allosaurus
Gemstone: Topaz
Mineral: Copper
Motto: Industry
Rock: Coal
Snackfood: Green Jell-O
Song: "Utah, This Is the Place"

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