Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state.
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Salt Lake City, state capital and seat (1849) of Salt Lake county, north-central Utah, U.S., situated on the Jordan River at the southeastern end of Great Salt Lake.
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Once the “State of Deseret” government was created, the Legislative Assembly officially created Great Salt Lake County on January 31, 1850.
Combined Statistical Area Salt Lake City MSA (Salt Lake and Tooele counties) Ogden–Clearfield MSA (Box Elder, Davis, Morgan, and Weber counties) Provo–Orem MSA (Juab and Utah counties)
KSL Meteorologist Matt Johnson said that, on average, Salt Lake City will have nine days per year where temperatures are at least 100 degrees.
Study urges cutting irrigation to preserve Great Salt Lake's future. The Great Salt Lake has lost more than 15 billion cubic yards of water over the past three decades, is getting shallower at the rate of 4 inches a year, and an analysis of its water budget suggests reducing irrigation is necessary for saving it.