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Place Name
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Cedar City
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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13,443 (1990)
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Location
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Iron County, Utah (UT), United States, North America
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Latitude
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37°41'N
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Longitude
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113°04'W
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Cedar City
, city (1990 pop. 13,443), Iron co., SW Utah, just W
of Markagunt Plateau and Cedar Canyon, just NE of Kolob Terrace,
45 mi/72 km NE of St. George,
220 mi/354 km SSW of Salt Lake City; 37°41'N
113°04'W. Elev. 5,834 ft/1,778 m. Home of
Southern Utah Univ. and trade center for livestock and agr. area;
barley, alfalfa; dairying; sheep, cattle; mfg. (plaster, wool prods.,
fuel, consumer goods, lumber). Sawmill and coal and iron mines, are
nearby. RR terminus; junction of RR spur to Iron Mountain to NW.
Sections of Dixie Natl. Forest (hunting and fishing) are E and SW,
including Ashdown Gorge Wilderness Area (E); Cedar Breaks Natl.
Monument (E). Columbia Iron Mine to W; Iron Mission State Historical
Park to N. Settled 1851, 1st iron smelter W of Miss. R.; inc.
1868.
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