Moab, Utah

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Moab is a city located in Grand County, Utah. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 4,779. It is the county seat of Grand County⁶. Moab hosts a large number of tourists every year, mostly visitors of the Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, which are located closeby. The town is also a popular base for mountain bikers who come to ride the nearby Slickrock trail.

The city of Moab has asked the United States Government that its name be changed due to an unpleasant similarity to the name of the Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb (MOAB).

Geography

Moab is located just south of the Colorado River, at 38°34'21" North, 109°32'59" West (38.572545, -109.549776)¹.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.4 km² (3.6 mi²). 9.4 km² (3.6 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 4,779 people, 1,936 households, and 1,169 families residing in the city.

Moab was for much of its history a mining community where Uranium was mined and milled, see Michael A. Amundson, Yellowcake Towns: Uranium Mining Communities in the American West, University Press of Colorado, 2001, hardcover, 204 pages, ISBN 0870816624

Moab is also the historical name for a mountainous strip of land in Jordan. See Moab.

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Moab,_Utah" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moab,_Utah, used under the GNU Free Documentation License