Utah

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	NICK NAME		Beehive State
	CAPITAL CITY		Salt Lake City
	LARGEST CITY		Salt Lake City
	SECOND LARGEST CITY		West Valley
	LARGEST COUNTY		Salt Lake
	AREA		84,904 sq. miles; 82,168 sq. miles land, 2,736 sq. miles water. (13th state)
	HIGHEST ELEVATION		13,528 ft., Kings Peak (Duchesne County)
	LOWEST POINT		2,000 ft., Beaverdam Creek (Washington County)
	ABBREVIATION		UT (postal); Ut. (traditional)
	AREA CODE(S)		801
	TIME ZONE		Mountain
	PART OF REGION		Rocky Mountain
	ADMISSION DATE		January 4, 1896 (45th State)
	LOCATION		In the Western United States, bordering Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico.
	NAME ORIGIN		*For teh Ute Indians, who lived in the area. Ute* or Eutaw is variously defined as "in the tops of moutains," "high up," "the hill dwellers," "the land of the sun," or "the land of plenty."**
	STATE ANIMAL		Elk (Cervus Canadensis)
	STATE BIRD		California Gull
	STATE EMBLEM		Beehive
	STATE FISH		Rainbow Trout (Salmo Gairdnerii)
	STATE FLOWER		Sego Lily (Calochortus Nuttallii)
	STATE FOSSIL		Allosaurus
	STATE GRASS		Indian Ricegrass (Oryzopis Hymenoides)
	STATE INSECT		Honey Bee (Apis Mellifera
	STATE MINERAL
	STATE ROCK		Coal
	STATE SONG		"Utah, We Love Thee"
	STATE SPORT
	STATE STONE		Topaz
	STATE TREE		Blue Spruce (Picea Pungens)
	STATE MOTTO		*Industry*

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