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'''Provo''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|r|oʊ|v|oʊ}} {{respell|PROH|voh}}) is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Utah County, Utah]], United States. It is {{convert|43|mi|km}} south of [[Salt Lake City]] along the [[Wasatch Front]], and lies between the cities of [[Orem, Utah|Orem]] to the north and [[Springville, Utah|Springville]] to the south. With a population at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]] of 115,162,<ref name = "provopopulation" /> Provo is the [[List of municipalities in Utah|fourth-largest city]] in Utah and the principal city in the [[Provo-Orem metropolitan area]], which had a population of 526,810 at the 2010 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |title=2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File |work=2010 Census |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division |access-date=February 5, 2011 }}</ref> It is Utah's second-largest [[metropolitan area]] after [[Salt Lake City metropolitan area|Salt Lake City]].
Provo is the home to [[Brigham Young University]] (BYU),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vacationidea.com/destinations/best-things-to-do-in-provo-ut.html |title=25 Fun Things to Do in Provo, Utah |website=VacationIdea.com |date=August 14, 2021 |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref> a private higher education institution operated by [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church). Provo also has the LDS Church's largest [[Missionary Training Center]] (MTC). The city is a focus area for technology development in Utah, with several billion-dollar [[startup company|startups]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pando.com/2013/07/25/the-street-in-provo-thats-home-to-three-billion-dollar-companies/|title=The street in Provo that's home to three billion-dollar tech companies|website=Pando|date=July 25, 2013|access-date=April 1, 2016|archive-date=April 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417140027/https://pando.com/2013/07/25/the-street-in-provo-thats-home-to-three-billion-dollar-companies/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The city's [[Peaks Ice Arena]] was a venue for the Salt Lake City [[2002 Winter Olympics|Winter Olympics in 2002
==History==
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==Notable people==
{{main|List of people from Provo, Utah}}
Provo is home to (or the hometown of) many well-known people, including [[The Osmonds]] (including [[Donny Osmond|Donny]], [[Marie Osmond|Marie]], and the [[Osmond Brothers]]),<ref name="osmond-bio">{{cite web| url=http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9430119| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014745/http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9430119| url-status=dead| archive-date=September 30, 2007| title=The Osmonds (The Osmond Family) biography| website=[[Biography Channel]]| access-date=October 7, 2008}}</ref> LDS Church [[Apostle (LDS Church)|apostle]] [[Dallin H. Oaks]], and NFL and BYU quarterback [[Steve Young]].<ref name="profootball-hof">{{cite web| url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/feature/featureIndex?page=nflhof2005| title=Class Acts| publisher=[[ESPN]]| year=2005| access-date=October 7, 2008}}</ref> [[
==Sister cities==
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