Provo, Utah
Fort Utah | |
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Motto: "Welcome Home" | |
Coordinates: 40°14′40″N 111°39′39″W / 40.24444°N 111.66083°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Utah |
County | Utah |
Founded | 1849 |
Incorporated | April 1850 |
Named for | Étienne Provost[1] |
Area | |
• City | 44.19 sq mi (114.44 km2) |
• Land | 41.69 sq mi (107.97 km2) |
• Water | 2.50 sq mi (6.47 km2) |
Elevation | 4,551 ft (1,387 m) |
Population | |
• City | 115,162 |
• Density | 2,762.34/sq mi (1,066.61/km2) |
• Urban | 588,609 (US: 75th) |
• Urban density | 3,653.5/sq mi (1,410.6/km2) |
• Metro | 697,141 (US: 86th) |
Time zone | UTC−7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
ZIP Codes | 84601-84606 |
Area codes | 385, 801 |
FIPS code | 49-62470[4] |
GNIS ID | 1444661[5] |
Website | www |
Provo is an American city in the state of Utah. It is in Utah County and is east of Utah Lake. It lies to the west of high mountain peaks in the Wasatch Range. It is home to Brigham Young University. The city is the third largest city in the state. It has a population of 115,162 people, as of the 2020 census.[3]