Salt Lake City, Utah

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The city of Salt Lake City is located in Salt Lake County. It is the county seat and the capital of Utah.

Typical abbreviation for Salt Lake City: Salt Lk. City

Salt Lake City is 1,280 feet [390.14 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Salt Lake City lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Salt Lake City, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Salt Lake City had a population of 181,743 people^<2> (or 20.17% of the total population of Salt Lake County). The population of Salt Lake City represented 8.14% of the total of Utah, making it the state's most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Salt Lake City had a population of 181,698 people.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Salt Lake City.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bountiful	NE	7 mi [11.27 km]	44,473	7.68% increase
	Cottonwood Heights	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	---
	Draper	S	19 mi [30.58 km]	42,317	67.79% increase
	Midvale	S	11 mi [17.7 km]	28,129	4.07% increase
	Murray	S	9 mi [14.48 km]	46,201	35.79% increase
	Sandy	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	96,660	9.32% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Salt Lake City.

Websites for Salt Lake City

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The Commemorative Quarter for Utah<4>

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People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Salt Lake City. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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