Nickname:  The Beehive State.  Deseret (meaning "land of the busy bee" in the "Book of Mormons").   

State Data: Total Area:  84,990 sq. m.; water, 2,809 sq. m.;  Boundaries;  N., Idaho, Wyoming; E., Wyoming, Colorado;   S., Arizona; W., Nevada.  Elevation:  Lowest, Beaverdam Creek (in Washington County, 2,000 ft.:  highest, Kings Peaks (the southern of the twin summits), 13498 ft.; average, 6,100 ft.  Motto: "Industry"   State Flower: Sego Lily  Main Rivers:  Colorado, Green, San Juan, Jordan Bear, Weber, Sevier, and Virgin.  Mountain Ranges:  Rocky Mountain ranges, including Wasatch, Uinta, Henry, La Sal, and Abajo.  Highest peaks;  Kings (twin summits), Emmons, Gilbert, Lovenia, Tokewanna, Wilson, and Lamotte.  Many glacial and cliff formations, especially in the southeast, including Pink Cliffs, White Cliffs, and Vermillion Cliffs.   

Topography:  Lowlands are often sandy and arid.  Great Salt  Lake in the northwest, area about 2,000 sq. m.  (varies with the amount of evaporation), about six times as salty as the ocean, 80 miles long and 30 miles wide, favorite bathing resort (one cannot sink even if one tries).  Utah lake (fresh), 150 sq. m..  Great Salt Lake Desert, southwest of the Lake, a barren region; Sevier Lake to the south, evaporating completely in the dry season.  Central Great Basin region, once filled with huge prehistoric Lake Bonneville, important in Utah's geological past.  Many odd rock formations, alpine lakes, and unexplored wilderness.  National forest lands, 8,463,000 acres (total area). National parks and monuments, 300,000  acres;  The name Utah was derived from the Ute Indians that inhabited the area.  Indian reservations, 1,667,000 acres;  public domain, 22,969,000 acres.  (numbers are approximate!)   Agriculture: Large amounts of irrigation.  Hay, wheat, potatoes, sugar beets, oats, barley, corn, pears, peaches, and apples, cherries, apricots, berries, melons.  Livestock and dairy farming.  U. S. Agricultural Experiment Station at Logan.  U. S.  Land-Grant College;  Utah State Agricultural College at Logan.      Manufacturing includes: Beet sugar, metal products, railroad equipment,  petroleum refining, brewing, textiles, cement, lime, flour and grain products, dairy products, meat products, canned foods, refined minerals, pig iron, software, and lumber products.     Geology:  Minerals:  Copper is most important, lead and silver are next.  Also gold ,coal, zinc, salt, phosphate, asphalt, gypsum, iron, uranium, vanadium, manganese, petroleum, sulphur, semi-precious stones, marble, and onyx.      Leading Cities:  Salt Lake City, Provo, Logan, and Ogden.  

Climate- Varied, depending on the latitude and altitude;  mostly dry, warm summers, cold winters.  Average annual temperature:  58 degrees in the south, and 42 degrees in the north; running to 36 degrees below zero in high altitudes, and to about 10 degrees below in the main valleys.  Summer temperatures range from 110 degrees in the south to possibly 90 degrees in the highest altitudes.  Annual rainfall is about 42 inches in the highest elevations with 16 inches in the main valleys along the foot of the Wasatch Mountains to as low as 5 inches in the desert regions.  

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Food-  typical American food in most smaller communities.  Salt Lake City has some ethnic food restaurants!

Foreign Visitors-  Foreigners entering the United States must carry two documents: A valid Passport, expiring not less than 6 months prior to the scheduled end of their visit to the U.S.; and a tourist visa obtainable at any American consulate at no charge. Anyone applying for an immigrant's visa must obtain a screening test for the AIDS-HIV virus.  This test does not apply to tourists.  Any visitor with a medical condition that requires treatment with narcotics or with paraphernalia must carry a valid, signed prescription from their doctor.  Travel insurance is optional in the US but required by most car rental companies.  See our link on money conversion for foreign guests.

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Seasons-   The State of Utah has four distinct seasons! Summer is quite hot and winter is often cold!  

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Travel- Travel by automobile is the best way to see the state.  However Amtrac, and Greyhound provide public transportation to most areas of Utah.  

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