Moab (Utah)
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 Main Street in Moab |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1878 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Utah |
| County : | Grand County |
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 34 ′ N , 109 ° 33 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 ) |
| Residents : | 5,130 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 545.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 9.4 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 1227 m |
| Postal code : | 84532 |
| Area code : | +1 435 |
| FIPS : | 49-50700 |
| GNIS ID : | 1430389 |
| Website : | www.moabcity.state.ut.us |
| Mayor : | David Sakrison |
 The Grand County Courthouse in Moab |
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Moab is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Grand County in the US - state of Utah . In 2010 , Moab had 5046 inhabitants, the number of which had increased to 5130 by 2013.
geography
Moab is located on the Colorado River at an altitude of 1,227 m above sea level on the Colorado Plateau. The city covers an area of 9.4 km².
Nearby are Arches National Park , Canyonlands National Park, and tiny Dead Horse Point State Park . East of the city is the Sand Flats Recreation Area , which includes the Slickrock Trail . Furthermore, about 30 miles south of the city, just off US-191, the Wilson Arch is found .
Many motels and other accommodations are geared towards day visitors to the national parks. The tourism is an important industry of the town.
Neighboring towns of Moab are Spanish Valley (14.7 km southeast) and Castle Valley (35.5 km northeast).
The closest major cities are Utah's capital, Salt Lake City (376 km northwest), Colorado's capital Denver (552 km east-northeast), and Nevada's largest city, Las Vegas (736 km southwest).
traffic
The US Highway 191 leads as the main road in northwest-southeast direction as the main road through Moab. The Utah State Route 279 runs along the Colorado River and crosses US 191 on the northwestern outskirts of the city. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inter-urban connecting roads.
For the removal of the located on the northwestern outskirts potash mine Cane Creek promoted potassium salt that to maintain the Union Pacific Railroad belonging Cane Creek Subdivision a railway, operate on the only freight trains.
With the Canyonlands Field of the town, a small regional airport, Lake made about several times a week flights to Salt City is located 29 km north-west. The nearest major airport is Salt Lake City International Airport, 384 km northwest .
history
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1890 | 333 | - | |
| 1900 | 376 | 12.9% | |
| 1910 | 586 | 55.9% | |
| 1920 | 856 | 46.1% | |
| 1930 | 863 | 0.8% | |
| 1940 | 1084 | 25.6% | |
| 1950 | 1274 | 17.5% | |
| 1960 | 4682 | 267.5% | |
| 1970 | 4793 | 2.4% | |
| 1980 | 5333 | 11.3% | |
| 1990 | 3971 | -25.5% | |
| 2000 | 4779 | 20.3% | |
| 2010 | 5046 | 5.6% | |
| 2013 estimate | 5130 | 1.7% | |
| 1890-2000 2010-2013 | |||
The name Moab probably derives from the biblical landscape Moab from, but is also jokingly referred to as acronym for M ormons, O res, A rtists and B interpreted icycles, bringing the activities of the surrounding area are described the city of the past to the present:
Moab was founded by the Mormons , then were there in mines uranium ores ( English ore is ore ) mined. From 1949 the area around Moab became the filming location for numerous westerns and became "the ultimate western location". John Ford shot western classics like Rio Grande , Wagon Master and Cheyenne there . Other films by other directors followed, e.g. B. The Man with the Golden Guns , Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Thelma & Louise , as well as the HBO series Westworld . Moab has become a popular tourist destination with mountain bike trails and nature sports activities such as off-road vehicle tours, white water rafting, and guided motocross and quad tours.
population
According to the 2010 census , Moab had 5046 people in 2109 households. The population density was 36.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.36 people in each of the 2109 households.
The racial the population was composed of 85.3 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 5.9 percent Native American, 0.9 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 5.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 12.8 percent of the population.
24 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population were female.
The annual median legacy incomes of a household was 38,820 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,484. 17.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Jacques Boyer (* 1955), former racing cyclist, born in Moab
- Alison Dunlap (* 1969), former cyclist, lives in Moab
Individual evidence
- ↑ Meet the Mayor.Retrieved July 16, 2014
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 16, 2014
- ↑ a b U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Moab, Utah ( Memento of the original from May 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 16, 2014
- ^ Canyonlands Field. In: AirNav.com , accessed July 16, 2014.
- ↑ US Decennial Census. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
- ^ Anton Escher, Stefan Zimmermann: Geography Meets Hollywood - The role of the landscape in the feature film. In: Geographical Journal . Vol. 89, 2001, issue 4, pp. 227-236, here p. 232 (PDF) .
- ↑ Jeremy Agnew: The Old West in Fact and Film. History Versus Hollywood. McFarland & Co, Jefferson NC, London 2012, pp. 91-93 ; Helmut G. Asper: Film exiles in the Universal Studio 1933-1960. Bertz + Fischer, Berlin 2005, p. 276.
- ^ Movies Filmed in the Moab Area. In: DiscoverMoab.com .
- ↑ See in more detail Heike Egner: Trend and nature sports as a system. The career of a sports landscape using Moab, Utah as an example. Dissertation, University of Mainz, 2001.
Web links
- City's website
- Moab, Utah. In: City-Data.com