Utah
Became a state: January 4, 1896 (45th state)
Area: 84,876 sq mi (ranked 13th in size)
Population: 2,233,169 (ranked 34th in population)
Capital: Salt Lake City
Largest City: Salt Lake City (population 181,743)
Bordering States: Utah originates from an Apache Indian word (yuttahih), which means "one that is higher up." Europeans thought the word refered to Indians living higher in the mountains than the Navajo - the territory became known as the land of the Utes, and eventually Utah.
State Nickname: The Bee Hive State
State Bird: California Sea Gull
State Flower: Sago Lily
State Tree: Blue Spruce
State Gemstone: Topaz
Trivia: “Higher than the nation's capitol and nearly as long as a football field” describes Rainbow Bridge in San Juan County, Utah. It is the largest natural bridge in the world at 290 feet/88 meters tall and 270 feet/83 meters across. Rainbow Bridge is considered sacred by the Navajo culture as a symbol of deities responsible for creating clouds, rainbows and rain--the essence of life in the desert. One of the natural wonders of the world, the bridge has been formed by erosion of the sandstone by water flowing from Navajo Mountain towards the Colorado River. The bridge was officially "discovered" by the Douglas-Cummings surveyor party in 1909.
Abbreviation: UT
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