Moab : Utah
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.
Moab can be viewed as an acronym for Mormons, Ores, Artists and Bicycles, as these were the happenings in Moab from past to present (this is not, however, how the city was named). City officials asked the United States Government to change the acronym of the Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb (MOAB) because of the similarity of the acronym to the city’s name.
In the 1950s Moab became the Uranium Capital of the world after the Geologist Charles Steen found Uranium-ore.
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 km˛ (3.6 mi˛). 9.4 km˛ (3.6 mi˛) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.
Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 4,779 people, 1,936 households, and 1,169 families residing in the city. The population density is 506.9/km˛ (1,313.1/mi˛). There are 2,148 housing units at an average density of 227.8/km˛ (590.2/mi˛). The racial makeup of the city is 90.35% White, 0.36% African American, 5.46% Native American, 0.29% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 1.88% from other races, and 1.57% from two or more races. 6.44% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
