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Salt Lake City is the capital and most populous city of Utah, with a population of 199,723 at the 2020 census and a metropolitan area of approximately 1.3 million residents representing the 46th-largest metropolitan area in the United States. Founded in 1847 by Brigham Young and Mormon pioneers seeking religious freedom, the city developed an extensive irrigation network in its semi-arid valley location and became known as "The Crossroads of the West" due to mining booms, the first transcontinental railroad, and the 1913 Lincoln Highway, with Interstate 15 and Interstate 80 now intersecting downtown. Salt Lake City has developed a robust economy centered on skiing, outdoor recreation, religious tourism, and industrial banking, hosting the 2002 Winter Olympics and being selected to host the 2034 Winter Olympics on July 24, 2024. The city is home to the University of Utah, a major research institution, and is known for its politically liberal culture and significant LGBT community, which contrasts sharply with the conservative leanings of the rest of Utah. Current challenges include severe water security issues from sustained drought that has lowered the Great Salt Lake to record levels and exposed arsenic deposits, along with seismic risk from the nearby Wasatch Fault. Provo is the county seat of Utah County, Utah, located 43 miles south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front, and serves as the principal city of the Provo-Orem-Lehi metropolitan area with a 2020 population of 115,162, making it Utah's fourth-largest city. The city is home to Brigham Young University (BYU), operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and houses the LDS Church's largest Missionary Training Center. Originally called Timpanogas by the Ute people who inhabited the area, the city was established by 33 Mormon families in 1849 as Fort Utah and renamed Provo in 1850 after French-Canadian trapper Étienne Provost, becoming known as the "Garden City" for its numerous orchards. Provo's economy developed from textile manufacturing beginning with the Provo Woolen Mills in 1872 to heavy industry with the Columbia Steel Company blast furnace plant in 1923-1924, and today serves as a major technology hub with several billion-dollar startups. The city's Peaks Ice Arena hosted events during the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics and sits at an elevation of 4,549 feet on the eastern bank of Utah Lake. Ogden is Utah's eighth-largest city with a 2020 population of 87,321, located 10 miles east of the Great Salt Lake and 40 miles north of Salt Lake City as the county seat of Weber County. The city was originally established as Fort Buenaventura by trapper Miles Goodyear in 1846 and later renamed for Hudson's Bay Company brigade leader Peter Skene Ogden, becoming Utah's first permanent European settlement. Ogden served as a major railway hub and passenger junction along transcontinental routes, positioned closest to the Golden Spike location at Promontory Summit where the first transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869, and continues to handle significant freight rail traffic supporting manufacturing and commerce. The city is home to the Ogden Utah Temple, dedicated in 1972 and rededicated in 2014 after renovations, along with numerous historic buildings reflecting its era as Utah's second-largest city, plus Weber State University and proximity to the Wasatch Mountains. The Ogden-Clearfield metropolitan area encompasses 597,159 residents across Weber, Morgan, Davis, and Box Elder counties and was ranked America's sixth-best place to raise a family by Forbes in 2010.