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Orem is a city in Utah County, about 45 miles south of Salt Lake City, adjacent to Provo, Lindon, and Vineyard, and one of the principal cities of the Provo-Orem metropolitan area.

The 2020 census counted 98,129 residents in Orem, making it the fifth-most populous city in Utah, and 29,920 households.

Orem was settled in 1877 and was once known as Sharon, a Biblical name, and as Provo Bench, for its position on a geographical bench north of Provo.

Unlike many early Utah communities, Orem's farmers dispersed their homes along the territorial highway, now State Street, and other major roads so they could stay close to both transportation and their fields and orchards.

In 1914 the town was named after Walter C. Orem, president of the Salt Lake and Utah Railroad, in an effort to attract investment and give orchard farmers an easy way to ship produce, and Orem was incorporated on May 5, 1919.

Orem is home to Utah Valley University, whose Wolverines play at the UCCU Center, and the city is nicknamed 'Family City USA.'

Orem is home to University Place, Utah County's oldest mall, which opened in March 1973.

The annual Timpanogos Storytelling Festival is held in Orem.

Oremfest, the city's annual multi-day summer festival, originated in 1949 to celebrate the completion of State Street and was rebranded from Summerfest in 2022 after a trademark dispute with Milwaukee's Summerfest.

Several notable companies started in Orem, including WordPerfect, Novell, Blendtec, and Omniture.