Provo

Also known as Provo, Utah, Provo, UT

city in and county seat of Utah County, Utah, United States

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Provo is a city in Utah that serves as the county seat of Utah County, meaning it's the main city where county government operates. As a significant population center in Utah, it plays an important administrative and community role in the state.

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Instance of: county seat
Named after: Étienne Provost
Official name: Provo
Country: United States
Located in: Utah County
Population: 115162
Area: 6.474977
Elevation: 1387
Time zone: Mountain Time Zone
Body of water: Provo River
Capital of: Utah County
Shares border with: Springville
Official website: www.provo.org
Image: Downtown Provo.jpg
Households: 33447
Dialing code: 801

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twinned administrative body: Meissen
Commons category: Provo, Utah
topic's main category: Category:Provo, Utah
category for people born here: Category:Births in Provo, Utah
category of associated people: Category:People from Provo, Utah
inception: 1849-00-00
postal code: 84606
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Provo, Utah
different from: Provo
P8168: Andre Norton
water as percent of area: 5.6596
located in the statistical territorial entity: Provo–Orem metropolitan area
per capita income: 21607
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview

Provo (/ˈproʊ.voʊ/ PROH-voh) is a city in and the county seat of Utah County, Utah, United States. It is 43 miles (69 km) south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front, and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south. With a population at the 2020 census of 115,162, Provo is the fourth-largest city in Utah and the principal city in the Provo-Orem metropolitan area, which had a population of 526,810 at the 2010 census. It is Utah's second-largest metropolitan area after Salt Lake City.

Provo is the home to Brigham Young University (BYU), a private higher education institution operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Provo also has the LDS Church's largest Missionary Training Center (MTC). The city is a focus area for technology development in Utah, with several billion-dollar startups. The city's Peaks Ice Arena was a venue for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002.

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