[complier is noted] western a mountainous area main city, still his city thes prefecture where the provincial capital is located. Be located in southeast crude salt lake, face Jordan, altitude 1295 meters. Urban area 145 square kilometer, population 18174 (2000) . Old urban district 936 thousand (1980) , believe in of above of dweller half the number rub door teaching. Old urban district includes the county such as saline, the 2 ／ that population takes entire administrative division 3. Inchoate for to the west the goods and materials of pioneer and prospector supplies a center. Built for Mormon place 1847, the United States rub the main center that the door teachs, gallant rub door teaching total fane symbolizes for the city. Followed the arrival of railroad 1870 and arisen. Became state seat of government 1896. Since the Second World War, as industry and commerce flourishing, the city also gets rapidder development. Significant traffic key position. The United States western a mountainous area mining industry center, metallic smelt and treatment industry developed. The city zone east, on the west of two side a mountainous area it is home important copper, lead, auger wait for ground of metallic mineral products. The Mu of guest be stranded of city southwest is one of areas of world-renowned copper mine, ore in the city the Magena on the west and smelt of heart of the Er that add phenanthrene are machined. On the foundation of irrigated farming of outskirts of a city, built the food industry with bigger dimensions, with refine sugar, potted, food, milkings, flesh kind treatment give priority to. Electronic industry development is very rapid, already became main industry branch; Other mine machinery, oil refining, space navigation waits. The ground is become the communications center of transcontinental transit, many railroad, highway is extended to week exclosure area, it is main air terminal, contact find sth a great convenience with countrywide each district. Will for a long time be western a mountainous area and main mart.