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Panorama of the Ruby Mountains from Lamoille Summit along Nevada State Route 227 (2013)

Nevada (/nəˈvædə, -vɑː-/ ^ⓘ nə-VAD-ə, -⁠VAH-, Spanish: [neˈβaða]) is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, the 32nd-most populous, and the ninth-least densely populated U.S. state. Nearly three-quarters of Nevada's population live in Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan area, including three of the state's four largest incorporated cities. Nevada's capital is Carson City. Las Vegas is the largest city in the state.

Nevada is officially known as the "Silver State" because of the importance of silver to its history and economy. It is also known as the "Battle Born State" because it campaigned during its relatively brief territorial status as the Nevada Territory (1861–1864), then quickly achieved statehood during the American Civil War (1861–1865), (the words "Battle Born" also appear on its state flag); due to the 16th presidency of Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865, served 1861–1865). The federal Union benefited immensely economically translated into military necessity from the support of newly awarded statehood as the 36th state by the massive infusion of the monetary support it provided of nearly $400 million dollars in rich underground geological layers of veins of silver ore generated at the time by the 1859 discovery of the legendary Comstock Lode, mined beneath and around Virginia City up to about 1874 /1920s). It is also known as the "Sagebrush State", for the native plant of the same name; and as the "Sage-hen State". The state's name means "snowy" in the Spanish language, referring to Nevada's small overlap with the Sierra Nevada mountain range on its western edge; however, the rest of Nevada is largely desert and semi-arid, much of it within the central Great Basin region. Areas south of the Great Basin are within the Mojave Desert shared with Southern California, while the high altitude of Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada lie on the western edge. In 2020, 80.1% of the state's land was managed by various jurisdictions of the U.S. federal government, both civilian and military.

Native Americans of mostly the Paiute, Shoshone, and Washoe tribes inhabited what is now Nevada. The first Europeans to explore the region were tho Spanish and explorers from their worldwide Spanish Empire in the 16th century. They called the region Nevada (snowy) because of the snow which covered the mountains in winter, similar to the Sierra Nevada mountains in European Spain. The area formed from mostly Alta California (Upper California) to the west and to the east as part of Nuevo México (New Mexico)'s colonial province and territory to the northern portion within the larger colonial era Viceroyalty of New Spain, which gained freedom as the first independent government of the First Mexican Empire (Mexico) in 1821. (Full article...)

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The city of Las Vegas, Nevada and its surrounding unincorporated communities in the Las Vegas Valley are the sites of more than 160 high-rises, 42 of which stand taller than 400 feet (122 m). The tallest structure in the city is the Strat tower, which rises 1,149 feet (350 m) just north of the Las Vegas Strip. The tower is also the tallest observation tower in the United States. However, the Strat is not considered a building because the vast majority of the tower is not habitable. The tallest building in Las Vegas is the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, which rises 735 feet (224 m) and was topped out in November 2008. This building remained unfinished for several years due to the late-2000s recession and opened in December 2023. The second tallest habitable building in the city is the 59-story Resorts World, which rises 673 feet (205 m) and was completed in 2021.

Beginning in the 1960s, high-rise hotels began to become more concentrated on the Las Vegas Strip. The first high-rise hotel and casino resort to rise higher than 492 feet (150 m) was the 529-foot (161 m) New York-New York Hotel & Casino, completed in 1997. Las Vegas entered into a skyscraper-building boom in the late 1990s that has continued to the present; of the city's 40 tallest skyscrapers, 39 were completed after 1997. As of 2012, the skyline of Las Vegas is ranked 66th in the world and 18th in the United States with 176 completed high-rises. (Full article...)

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Downtown Las Vegas (commonly abbreviated as DTLV) is the central business district and historic center of Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It is the original townsite, and the Downtown gaming area was the primary gambling district of Las Vegas prior to the Strip. As the urban core of the Las Vegas Valley, it features a variety of hotel and business highrises, cultural centers, historical buildings and government institutions, as well as residential and retail developments. Downtown is located in the center of the Las Vegas Valley and just north of the Las Vegas Strip, centered on Fremont Street, the Fremont Street Experience and Fremont East. The city defines the area as bounded by I-15 on the west, Washington Avenue on the north, Maryland Parkway on the east and Sahara Avenue on the south. (Full article...)

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Image 1Sculpture representing a steam locomotive, in Ely, Nevada. Early locomotives played an important part in Nevada's mining industry. (from Nevada)
Image 2The Las Vegas Strip looking South (from Nevada)
Image 3Nevada territory in 1861 (from Nevada)
Image 4The quartzite of Doso Doyabi in Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 5Sculpture representing a steam locomotive, in Ely, Nevada. Early locomotives played an important part in Nevada's mining industry. (from Nevada)
Image 6Nevada quarter (from Nevada)
Image 7Mexico in 1824. Alta California included today's Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 8Ethnic origins in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 9Goldstrike (Post-Betze) Mine in the Carlin Trend, the largest Carlin-type deposit in the world, containing more than 35,000,000 troy ounces (1,100 t) gold (from Nevada)
Image 10Valley of Fire State Park (from Nevada)
Image 11The Winnemucca Sand Dunes, north of Winnemucca (from Nevada)
Image 12The courthouse of the Supreme Court of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 13Topographic map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 14The 1931 gambling law helped enable the explosive growth of the Las Vegas area, where the population grew from five thousand in 1930 to over two million by 2013. (from History of Nevada)
Image 15Goldstrike (Post-Betze) Mine in the Carlin Trend, the largest Carlin-type deposit in the world, containing more than 35,000,000 troy ounces (1,100 t) gold (from Nevada)
Image 16Cattle near the Bruneau River in Elko County (from Nevada)

Map of counties in Nevada by racial plurality, per the 2020 census

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30–40%

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

80–90%

(from Nevada)

Image 18Carson City Mint in Carson City. Carson City is an independent city and the capital of Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 19Lake Tahoe on the Nevada–California border (from Nevada)
Image 20Population density map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 21MGM Grand, with sign promoting it as The City of Entertainment (from Nevada)
Image 22Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Calico basin (from Nevada)
Image 23Ranching in Washoe County (from Nevada)
Image 24Majority/plurality party in each Nevada county (February 2023):
  Democrat >= 30%
  Republican >= 30%
  Republican >= 40%
  Republican >= 50%
  Republican >= 60%
(from Nevada)
Image 25Bottle house in the mining ghost town of Rhyolite; built in 1906 with about 50,000 bottles (from Nevada)
Image 26Carson City Mint in Carson City. Carson City is an independent city and the capital of Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 27The Las Vegas Strip looking South (from Nevada)
Image 28Majority/plurality party in each Nevada county (February 2023):
  Democrat >= 30%
  Republican >= 30%
  Republican >= 40%
  Republican >= 50%
  Republican >= 60%
(from Nevada)
Image 29Little Finland rock formation in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 30MGM Grand, with sign promoting it as The City of Entertainment (from Nevada)
Image 31Lake Tahoe on the Nevada–California border (from Nevada)
Image 32A map that details the federal land in southern Nevada, showing Nellis Air Force Base Complex and Nevada Test Site (from Nevada)
Image 33Mexico in 1824. Alta California included today's Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 34Bottle house in the mining ghost town of Rhyolite; built in 1906 with about 50,000 bottles (from Nevada)
Image 35East Las Vegas suburbs (from Nevada)
Image 36Little Finland rock formation in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 37Downtown Reno (from Nevada)
Image 38Ethnic origins in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 39Winnemucca Lake petroglyphs; researchers dated the carvings to between 14,800 and 10,500 years ago. (from History of Nevada)
Image 40Ranching in Washoe County (from Nevada)
Image 41Mount Charleston (from Nevada)
Image 42Nevada quarter (from Nevada)
Image 43Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 44Köppen climate types of Nevada, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Nevada)
Image 45Cattle near the Bruneau River in Elko County (from Nevada)
Image 46Valley of Fire State Park (from Nevada)
Image 47Topographic map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 48Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from Nevada)
Image 49A map that details the federal land in southern Nevada, showing Nellis Air Force Base Complex and Nevada Test Site (from Nevada)
Image 50State route shield (from Nevada)
Image 51Map of counties in Nevada by racial plurality, per the 2020 census
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- Non-Hispanic White
    30–40%
  
    50–60%
  
    60–70%
  
    70–80%
  
    80–90%
(from Nevada)
Image 52The Nevada State Legislative Building in Carson City (from Nevada)
Image 53The Nevada State Legislative Building in Carson City (from Nevada)
Image 54A valley near Pyramid Lake (from Nevada)
Image 55Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from History of Nevada)
Image 56Flag of Nevada, 1905–1915 (from History of Nevada)
Image 57The Winnemucca Sand Dunes, north of Winnemucca (from Nevada)
Image 58State route shield (from Nevada)
Image 59Mount Charleston (from Nevada)
Image 60Nevada territory in 1861 (from Nevada)
Image 61A burro-drawn wagon hauling lumber and supplies into Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1904. In 1903 only 36 people lived in the new town. By 1908 Goldfield was Nevada's largest city, with over 25,000 inhabitants. (from History of Nevada)
Image 62The Nevada 1861 territory boundary (blue) changed three times: 1864 statehood shifted eastern border from 39th to 38th meridian, 1866 May 5; east border (pink) moved eastward 53.3 mi (85.8 km), from the 38th to 37th meridian, and 1867 January 18; south boundary (yellow) moved from the 37th parallel north southward to the current boundary (14 Stat. 43) (from History of Nevada)
Image 63U.S. Route 50, also known as "The Loneliest Road in America" (from Nevada)
Image 64The courthouse of the Supreme Court of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 65The quartzite of Doso Doyabi in Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 66Ruins of an early 20th-century mill, Winnemucca Mountain (from History of Nevada)
Image 67Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 68Mountains west of Las Vegas in the Mojave Desert (from Nevada)
Image 69Mountains west of Las Vegas in the Mojave Desert (from Nevada)
Image 70Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Calico basin (from Nevada)
Image 71A valley near Pyramid Lake (from Nevada)
Image 72U.S. Route 50, also known as "The Loneliest Road in America" (from Nevada)
Image 73Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from Nevada)
Image 74East Las Vegas suburbs (from Nevada)
Image 75Population density map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 76Köppen climate types of Nevada, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Nevada)
Image 77Downtown Reno (from Nevada)

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... that in 1974, a hoard of more than 400,000 silver dollars was discovered in Nevada?
... that a Nevada radio station named "Sexy" blew into town with a windstorm?
... that Lincoln Fitzgerald survived a 1949 murder attempt and went on to run three Nevada casinos?

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Largest cities

Name	Type	County	Population (2020)	Population (2010)	Change	Land area (2020)		Population density	Incorporation date
Name	Type	County	Population (2020)	Population (2010)	Change	sq mi	km²	Population density	Incorporation date
Boulder City	City	Clark	14,885	15,023	−0.9%	208.52	540.1	71.4/sq mi (27.6/km²)	October 1, 1959
Reno†	City	Washoe	264,165	225,221	+17.3%	108.77	281.7	2,428.7/sq mi (937.7/km²)	March 16, 1903
Caliente	City	Lincoln	990	1,130	−12.4%	1.87	4.8	529.4/sq mi (204.4/km²)	October 1, 1959
Carlin	City	Elko	2,050	2,368	−13.4%	10.44	27.0	196.4/sq mi (75.8/km²)	October 22, 1925
Carson City‡	—	None	58,639	55,274	+6.1%	144.66	374.7	405.4/sq mi (156.5/km²)	March 1, 1875
Elko†	City	Elko	20,564	18,297	+12.4%	17.64	45.7	1,165.8/sq mi (450.1/km²)	March 14, 1917
Ely†	City	White Pine	3,924	4,255	−7.8%	7.64	19.8	513.6/sq mi (198.3/km²)	July 20, 1907
Fallon†	City	Churchill	9,327	8,606	+8.4%	3.63	9.4	2,569.4/sq mi (992.1/km²)	December 18, 1908
Fernley	City	Lyon	22,895	19,368	+18.2%	122.12	316.3	187.5/sq mi (72.4/km²)	July 1, 2001
Henderson	City	Clark	317,610	257,729	+23.2%	107.73	279.0	2,948.2/sq mi (1,138.3/km²)	June 8, 1953
Las Vegas†	City	Clark	641,903	583,756	+10.0%	135.81	351.7	4,726.5/sq mi (1,824.9/km²)	March 16, 1905

‡ State capital and independent city

† County seat

See List of cities in Nevada for a full list.

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