Salt Lake City, Utah

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Salt Lake City is the capital and biggest city in Utah. Often called simply as Salt Lake or SLC, it has a population of about 186,000 (2011 estimate) and a metropolitan population of 1.15 million.

Salt Lake Latter-day Saints Temple
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Salt Lake City was founded by Brigham Young, a leader of the Latter Day Saints movement - also known as Mormon, who arrived in the area with his followers, the Mormon pioneers, in 1847. There, the Mormon settlers began to work the land.

The Mormon pioneers were regularly harassed by the US government for their practice of polygamy, something which they officially discontinued in 1890, so as to gain statehood. Although Salt Lake City is the headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, less than half the people of the city today belong to the church.

City Creek Center, Salt Lake City
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Today Salt Lake City has a service-based economy. It is home to Huntsman Corporation, a Fortune 500 company.

Visiting Salt Lake City, Utah

Delta Air Lines has its hub at Salt Lake City International Airport. The airport had 21 million passenger movement in 2010, ranking it the 21st busiest airport in the United States in terms of total passengers. Apart from domestic flights within the Contiguous United States, it also has flights connecting Salt Lake City with Canada, Mexico, as well as with Paris and Tokyo.

Gateway Center, Salt Lake City
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Salt Lake City is connected via a few interstate highways. I-15 connects it with Las Vegas in the south, Idaho Falls to the north; I-80 connects it with San Francisco to the west, Cheyenne to the east; and I-84 connects it with Portland to the northwest.

Places of Interest in Salt Lake City, Utah

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