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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 achieved statehood during the Civil War (the words "Battle Born" also appear on its state flag); due to the presidency of Abraham Lincoln, the Union benefited immensely from the support of newly awarded statehood by the infusion of the monetary support of nearly $400 million in silver ore generated at the time by the Comstock Lode. 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 Spanish, referring to Nevada's small overlap with the Sierra Nevada mountain range; however, the rest of Nevada is largely desert and semi-arid, much of it within the Great Basin. Areas south of the Great Basin are within the Mojave Desert, while 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 the Paiute, Shoshone, and Washoe tribes inhabit what is now Nevada. The first Europeans to explore the region were Spanish. They called the region Nevada (snowy) because of the snow which covered the mountains in winter, similar to the Sierra Nevada in Spain. The area formed from mostly Alta California and part of Nuevo México's territory within the Viceroyalty of New Spain, which gained independence as Mexico in 1821. The United States annexed the area in 1848 after its victory in the Mexican–American War, and it was incorporated as part of the New Mexico and Utah Territory in 1850. The discovery of silver at the Comstock Lode in 1859 led to a population boom that became an impetus to the creation of Nevada Territory out of western Utah Territory in 1861. Nevada became the 36th state on October 31, 1864, as the second of two states added to the Union during the Civil War (the first being West Virginia). (Full article...)

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Harry Reid International Airport (IATA: LAS, ICAO: KLAS, FAA LID: LAS), formerly known as McCarran International Airport, is an international airport serving the Las Vegas Valley, a metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Nevada. It is located five miles (8 km; 4 nmi) south of downtown Las Vegas, in the unincorporated area of Paradise, and covers 2,800 acres (4.4 sq mi; 11.3 km²) of land.

Reid is owned by Clark County and operated by the county's Department of Aviation. The airport is named after the late U.S. congressman and senator from Nevada, Harry Reid. It has four runways and two terminals with five gate areas (concourses) all connected with a people mover system. Reid is one of two airports in the United States with slot machines inside the terminals. (Full article...)

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Nevada (USA)

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in the U.S. state of Nevada enjoy the same rights as non-LGBTQ people. Same-sex marriage has been legal since October 8, 2014, due to the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in Sevcik v. Sandoval. Same-sex couples may also enter a domestic partnership status that provides many of the same rights and responsibilities as marriage. However, domestic partners lack the same rights to medical coverage as their married counterparts and their parental rights are not as well defined. Same-sex couples are also allowed to adopt children. Since 2022 the Nevada Constitution explicitly includes both sexual orientation and gender identity - discrimination laws since 1999 included sexual orientation for employment and expanded thereafter to housing and accommodation (plus added gender identity). In addition, conversion therapy on minors is outlawed in the state.

Nevada is frequently referred to as one of the most LGBTQ-friendly states in the Mountain West. The LGBT think tank Movement Advancement Project ranks Nevada first in the region for LGBT rights legislation. 2017 polling from the Public Religion Research Institute showed that 70% of Nevada residents supported same-sex marriage. In November 2022, Nevada also made history in becoming the first U.S. state by 58% of voters to formally add the words "sexual orientation and gender identity or expression" to the state-based Nevada Constitution. (Full article...)

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Image 1State route shield (from Nevada)
Image 2Ethnic origins in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 3Flag of Nevada, 1905–1915 (from History of Nevada)
Image 4Nevada territory in 1861 (from Nevada)
Image 5Köppen climate types of Nevada, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Nevada)
Image 6Mexico in 1824. Alta California included today's Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 7Mountains west of Las Vegas in the Mojave Desert (from Nevada)
Image 8Downtown Reno (from Nevada)
Image 9Ranching in Washoe County (from Nevada)
Image 10The quartzite of Doso Doyabi in Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 11Bottle house in the mining ghost town of Rhyolite; built in 1906 with about 50,000 bottles (from Nevada)
Image 12Nevada quarter (from Nevada)
Image 13Nevada quarter (from Nevada)
Image 14The courthouse of the Supreme Court of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 15MGM Grand, with sign promoting it as The City of Entertainment (from Nevada)
Image 16Bottle house in the mining ghost town of Rhyolite; built in 1906 with about 50,000 bottles (from Nevada)
Image 17Little Finland rock formation in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 18The Las Vegas Strip looking South (from Nevada)
Image 19Mount Charleston (from Nevada)
Image 20Ruins of an early 20th-century mill, Winnemucca Mountain (from History of Nevada)
Image 21A map that details the federal land in southern Nevada, showing Nellis Air Force Base Complex and Nevada Test Site (from Nevada)
Image 22Cattle near the Bruneau River in Elko County (from Nevada)
Image 23Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Calico basin (from Nevada)
Image 24A 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)

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

Legend

Non-Hispanic White

30–40%

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

80–90%

(from Nevada)

Image 26The 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 27Topographic map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 28Little Finland rock formation in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 29Carson City Mint in Carson City. Carson City is an independent city and the capital of Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 30The Winnemucca Sand Dunes, north of Winnemucca (from Nevada)
Image 31East Las Vegas suburbs (from Nevada)
Image 32Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 33Köppen climate types of Nevada, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Nevada)
Image 34Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Calico basin (from Nevada)
Image 35Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from History of Nevada)
Image 36Downtown Reno (from Nevada)
Image 37Ethnic origins in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 38Mountains west of Las Vegas in the Mojave Desert (from Nevada)
Image 39The courthouse of the Supreme Court of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 40Population density map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 41Majority/plurality party in each Nevada county (February 2023):
  Democrat >= 30%
  Republican >= 30%
  Republican >= 40%
  Republican >= 50%
  Republican >= 60%
(from Nevada)
Image 42Sculpture representing a steam locomotive, in Ely, Nevada. Early locomotives played an important part in Nevada's mining industry. (from Nevada)
Image 43Mount Charleston (from Nevada)
Image 44Winnemucca Lake petroglyphs; researchers dated the carvings to between 14,800 and 10,500 years ago. (from History of Nevada)
Image 45The Winnemucca Sand Dunes, north of Winnemucca (from Nevada)
Image 46Goldstrike (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 47Mexico in 1824. Alta California included today's Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 48A map that details the federal land in southern Nevada, showing Nellis Air Force Base Complex and Nevada Test Site (from Nevada)
Image 49A valley near Pyramid Lake (from Nevada)
Image 50Carson City Mint in Carson City. Carson City is an independent city and the capital of Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 51Population density map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 52Goldstrike (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 53The quartzite of Doso Doyabi in Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 54A valley near Pyramid Lake (from Nevada)
Image 55Nevada territory in 1861 (from Nevada)
Image 56Sculpture representing a steam locomotive, in Ely, Nevada. Early locomotives played an important part in Nevada's mining industry. (from Nevada)
Image 57Lake Tahoe on the Nevada–California border (from Nevada)
Image 58East Las Vegas suburbs (from Nevada)
Image 59Ranching in Washoe County (from Nevada)
Image 60Majority/plurality party in each Nevada county (February 2023):
  Democrat >= 30%
  Republican >= 30%
  Republican >= 40%
  Republican >= 50%
  Republican >= 60%
(from Nevada)
Image 61MGM Grand, with sign promoting it as The City of Entertainment (from Nevada)
Image 62Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from Nevada)
Image 63Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 64The Nevada State Legislative Building in Carson City (from Nevada)
Image 65Topographic map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 66Lake Tahoe on the Nevada–California border (from Nevada)
Image 67Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from Nevada)
Image 68Valley of Fire State Park (from Nevada)
Image 69State route shield (from Nevada)
Image 70Cattle near the Bruneau River in Elko County (from Nevada)
Image 71The Las Vegas Strip looking South (from Nevada)
Image 72Map of counties in Nevada by racial plurality, per the 2020 census
Legend
- Non-Hispanic White
    30–40%
  
    50–60%
  
    60–70%
  
    70–80%
  
    80–90%
(from Nevada)
Image 73The 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 74U.S. Route 50, also known as "The Loneliest Road in America" (from Nevada)
Image 75Valley of Fire State Park (from Nevada)
Image 76The Nevada State Legislative Building in Carson City (from Nevada)
Image 77U.S. Route 50, also known as "The Loneliest Road in America" (from Nevada)

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... that Lincoln Fitzgerald survived a 1949 murder attempt and went on to run three Nevada casinos?
... that in 1974, a hoard of more than 400,000 silver dollars was discovered in Nevada?

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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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