Salt Lake City

a city in N central Utah, near the Great Salt Lake at an altitude of 1330 m (4300 ft.): state capital; founded in 1847 by the Mormons as world capital of the Mormon Church; University of Utah (1850). Pop.: 179 894 (2003 est.)

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Salt Lake City

a city in the western part of the United States, on the Jordan River, near the river’s influx into the Great Salt Lake. Capital of Utah. Population, 170,000 (1974; 750,000 including suburbs). An important transportation junction for transcontinental routes, Salt Lake City is the center of an agricultural and mining region. The mining industry employs 7,000 people and the manufacturing industry, 35,000 (1973). Industries include nonferrous metallurgy, petroleum refining, and food processing (meat, flour, canned goods, sugar), as well as the aerospace and chemical industries. Mining and transportation equipment is manufactured, and ferrous and nonferrous metals are processed. Complex ores are mined at nearby Bingham Canyon.

Salt Lake City was founded by Mormons in 1847; it is the major Mormon center in the United States. The city has a university.

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