Provo, Utah Provo, Utah City of Provo Downtown Provo Downtown Provo Flag of Provo, Utah Location in Utah County and the state of Utah Location in Utah County and the state of Utah Website Provo City Provo / pro vo / is the third-largest town/city in the U.S.
State of Utah, positioned 43 miles (69 km) south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front.
Provo is the biggest city and governmental center of county of Utah County.
With a populace at the 2010 census of 112,488, Provo is the principal town/city in the Provo-Orem urbane area, which had a populace of 526,810 inhabitants at the 2010 census. It is the third-largest urbane region in Utah after Salt Lake City and Ogden-Clearfield.
The town/city is the locale of Brigham Young University, a private college studies institution, which is directed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
Provo also has the biggest Missionary Training Center for the LDS Church.
The town/city is a focus region for technology evolution in Utah, with a several billion dollar startups operating in Provo. The city's Peaks Ice Arena was a venue for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002.
Sundance Resort is positioned 13 miles (21 km) northeast at Provo Canyon.
In 2015, Provo was cited among the "Best Small And Medium-Size Cities For Jobs," and Utah County, where Provo is the biggest municipality, was titled by the BLS for highest job expansion for the year. In 2013, Forbes ranked Provo the No.
2 town/city on its list of Best Places for Business and Careers. Provo was ranked first for improve optimism (2012), first for volunteerism (2008), and first in health/well-being (2014). Its urbane region was projected to have the greatest populace increase in the 2010 United States Enumeration (47%).
5.2.3 Provo City Library at Academy Square 5.2.4 Provo Recreation Center 5.2.5 Provo Utah Temple 5.2.6 Provo City Center Temple 5.2.7 Utah Valley Convention Center The region was originally called Timpanogots (meaning "rocky") and was inhabited by the Timpanogos (meaning "fish eaters"). It was the biggest and most settled region in modern-day Utah. The sizeable food from the Provo River made the Timpanogos a peaceful citizens . The region also served as the traditional meeting place for the Ute and Shoshone tribes and as a spot to worship their creator. In 1849, 33 Mormon families from Salt Lake City established Fort Utah.
In 1850, Brigham Young sent an army from Salt Lake to drive out the Timpanogos in what is called the Provo War. The ruthlessness of the Mormon invaders angered the Timpanog, which contributed to the Walker War. Fort Utah was retitled Provo in 1850 for Etienne Provost, an early French-Canadian trapper who appeared in the region in 1825.
Rock Canyon in Provo Provo lies in the Utah Valley at an altitude of 4,549 feet (1,387 m).
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 44.2 square miles (114.4 km2), of which 41.7 square miles (107.9 km2) is territory and 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2), or 5.66%, is water. Climate data for Provo, Utah (BYU campus), 1981 2010 normals A panoramic view of Provo after sunset, February 2014.
The inhabitants of Provo are dominantly members of the LDS Church, generally described as Mormons.
Weighing factors such as race, housing, income and education, the study ranked Provo-Orem 376th of 381 of the United States' biggest cities in terms of resemblance to the country. Provo has more than 100 restaurants (with over 60 in the downtown area) and a couple of shopping centers.
The Shops At Riverwoods and Provo Towne Centre, both shopping malls, operate in Provo.
There are many different dining establishments in and around downtown Provo.
A several exclusively downtown Provo examples include A fords, aka ABGs, one of only three bars in all of Provo and the only bar to host live music every weekend; and Tommy Burger, a burger stand noted for burgers and Chicago-style hot dogs.
Five Provo companies are listed on Inc.com's Inc.
Media - Works Inc., one of Utah's premiere film and video manufacturing companies, was established in Provo in 1998 and continues to furnish manufacturing services to companies throughout the United States.
The Food & Care Coalition is a small-town organization providing services to the homeless and low-income people of Provo and Utah County.
According to Provo's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city were: 5 Utah Valley Regional Medical Center 1,000-4,999 6 Provo School District 2,500 10 City of Provo 730 Provo Historical Images Cosmo the Cougar at America's Freedom Festival at Provo.
Every July, Provo hosts America's Freedom Festival at Provo which contains the Stadium of Fire at BYU.
Provo has two other large celebrations each fall.
Festival Latinoamericano is an annual family-oriented Labor Day weekend event in downtown Provo that offers the improve a taste of the region's Hispanic culture through ethnic food, vendors, and performances. The town/city has hosted an annual LGBT Provo Pride Festival since 2013. Provo City Library in the former Brigham Young Academy The Provo Tabernacle before to destruction by fire in 2010 (later renovated into Provo City Center Temple) The Provo Utah Temple The Covey Center for the Arts, a performing arts center, is positioned on 425 West Center Street.
Provo is the locale of the LDS Church's biggest Missionary Training Center.
The center in Provo began assembly in July 1974 and was instead of in July 1976.
Provo City Library at Academy Square The Provo City Library is a enhance library which is situated in the building of the former Brigham Young Academy assembled in 1892.
Provo Recreation Center Finished assembly in 2013, the center provides a locale for aquatic recreation next to the Provo Power plant. Provo Utah Temple The Provo Utah Temple is positioned at the base of Rock Canyon in Provo.
Provo City Center Temple The Provo City Center Temple used to be the Provo Tabernacle, an LDS tabernacle instead of in 1898 that is owned by the LDS Church.
Only the brick skeleton of the Provo Tabernacle remained at the corner of 100 South and University Avenue.
Monson, president of the LDS Church, reported that the Provo Tabernacle would be rebuilt using the surviving initial exterior to serve as a second LDS temple in Provo.
The culmination of the new temple will make Provo only the second town/city with two temples inside its town/city limits, the other being South Jordan, Utah.
The Utah Valley Convention Center opened in 2012. It has 83,578 square feet of combined meeting, pre-function and garden space. Bridal Veil Falls in Provo Canyon.
The Provo River Bridal Veil Falls (Utah), Provo Canyon, Utah County, Utah - A scenic waterfall positioned 10 miles Northeast of Provo (Mount Timpanogos) Timpanogos Peak - the mountain shaped like a "Lady" lies on her back forms the northern horizon of Provo The Provo River, a river known for fishing and the Provo River Parkway, a paved bicycle and strolling trail contiguous to the river The Shops At Riverwoods, a center of residences, retails, and entertainment positioned at the mouth of Provo Canyon Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, a nationwide forest on the Wasatch Front bordering the east edge of Provo and Utah Valley Utah Lake, a fresh-water lake prominent for fishing, boating, and other recreational activities Further information: List of Utah State Legislatures, List of United States Senators from Utah, Utah's 3rd congressional district, 15th Utah Senate District, and 16th Utah Senate District Federally, Provo is part of Utah's 3rd congressional district, represented by Republican Jason Chaffetz, voted for in 2008.
Elected officials of Provo City as of 2012 Provo is administered by a seven-member town/city council and a mayor.
Five of the council seats are voted for by individual districts of the city, and two of the seats are voted for by the town/city as a whole.
Provo has a Mayor council government, which creates two separate but equal chapters of government.
Provo College is a private, for-profit educational institution that specializes in longterm position education.
Provo College offers associate degrees and diplomas in fields such as nursing, medical assisting, criminal justice, graphic design, and office administration.[third-party origin needed] All enhance schools in Provo are run through the Provo School District.
Provo High School was the first school in Utah County to be an IB World school.
Provo Front - Runner Station Provo Amtrak Station Interstate 15 runs along the west edge of Provo, connecting it with the rest of the Wasatch Front and much of Utah.
At the north edge of the city, US-189 heads northeast into Provo Canyon, where it joins with Heber.
Amtrak, the nationwide traveler rail system, provides service to Provo station, operating its California Zephyr everyday in both directions between Chicago, Illinois, and Emeryville, California (near San Francisco).
Provo also can be accessed by Greyhound Bus Lines and the extensive Utah Transit Authority (UTA) bus system.
UTA's commuter rail service, Front - Runner, opened an extension to Provo from Salt Lake City on December 10, 2012. The Provo Intermodal Center, positioned contiguous to the Amtrak station, joins the Front - Runner with small-town bus routes.
The Provo Municipal Airport is Utah's second busiest airport in terms of the number of airplane take-offs and landings. Allegiant Airlines offers commercial service to Phoenix, Oakland, Los Angeles and San Diego. Salt Lake City International Airport is the closest global airport.
Main article: List of eminent citizens from Provo, Utah Provo is home (or hometown) to many well known citizens , including The Osmonds (including Donny, Marie, and the Osmond Brothers), LDS apostle Dallin H.
Oaks, and NFL and BYU quarterback Steve Young. Robert Redford also maintains a home at the close-by Sundance Resort, just up Provo Canyon.
Provo City has three sister metros/cities designated by Sister Cities International "The street in Provo that's home to three billion-dollar tech companies".
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