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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 of the U.S. states. Nearly three-quarters of Nevada's people 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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The Desert Inn, also known as the D.I., was a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, which operated from April 24, 1950, to August 28, 2000. Designed by architect Hugh Taylor and interior design by Jac Lessman, it was the fifth resort to open on the Strip, the first four being El Rancho Vegas, The New Frontier, Flamingo, and the El Rancho (then known as the Thunderbird). It was situated between Desert Inn Road and Sands Avenue.

The Desert Inn opened with 300 rooms and the Sky Room restaurant, headed by a chef formerly of the Ritz Paris, which once had the highest vantage point on the Las Vegas Strip. The casino, at 2,400 square feet (220 m²), was one of the largest in Nevada at the time. The nine-story St. Andrews Tower was completed during the first renovation in 1963, and the 14-story Augusta Tower became the Desert Inn's main tower when it was completed in 1978 along with the seven-story Wimbledon Tower. The Palms Tower was completed in 1997 with the second and final renovation. The Desert Inn was the first hotel in Las Vegas to feature a fountain at the entrance. In 1997, the Desert Inn underwent a $200 million renovation and expansion, but after it was purchased for $270 million by Steve Wynn in 2000, he decided to demolish it and build the Wynn Las Vegas resort and casino where the Desert Inn once stood, and later, Encore. The remaining towers of the Desert Inn were imploded in 2004. (Full article...)

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Legality of brothel prostitution in Nevada by county
  Prostitution permitted, at least one active brothel

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Nevada is the only U.S. state where prostitution is legally permitted in some form. Prostitution is legal in 10 of Nevada's 17 counties, although only six allow it in every municipality. Six counties have at least one active brothel, which mainly operate in isolated, rural areas. The state's most populated counties, Clark (which contains Las Vegas) and Washoe (which contains Reno), are among those that do not permit prostitution. It is also illegal in Nevada's capital, Carson City, an independent city.

The vast majority of prostitution in Nevada takes place illegally in the metropolitan areas of Las Vegas and Reno. About 66 times more money is spent by customers on illegal prostitution in Nevada than in the regulated brothels. (Full article...)

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Image 1Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 2Majority/plurality party in each Nevada county (February 2023):
  Democrat >= 30%
  Republican >= 30%
  Republican >= 40%
  Republican >= 50%
  Republican >= 60%
(from Nevada)
Image 3Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Calico basin (from Nevada)
Image 4Bottle house in the mining ghost town of Rhyolite; built in 1906 with about 50,000 bottles (from Nevada)
Image 5Ethnic origins in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 6State route shield (from Nevada)
Image 7The Las Vegas Strip looking South (from Nevada)
Image 8The Winnemucca Sand Dunes, north of Winnemucca (from Nevada)
Image 9Mount Charleston (from Nevada)
Image 10Sculpture representing a steam locomotive, in Ely, Nevada. Early locomotives played an important part in Nevada's mining industry. (from Nevada)
Image 11Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from Nevada)
Image 12Nevada quarter (from Nevada)
Image 13The Nevada State Legislative Building in Carson City (from Nevada)
Image 14Mexico in 1824. Alta California included today's Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 15Ethnic origins in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 16A map that details the federal land in southern Nevada, showing Nellis Air Force Base Complex and Nevada Test Site (from Nevada)
Image 17Winnemucca Lake petroglyphs; researchers dated the carvings to between 14,800 and 10,500 years ago. (from History of Nevada)
Image 18A map that details the federal land in southern Nevada, showing Nellis Air Force Base Complex and Nevada Test Site (from Nevada)
Image 19Valley of Fire State Park (from Nevada)
Image 20Köppen climate types of Nevada, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Nevada)
Image 21Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from History of Nevada)
Image 22The quartzite of Doso Doyabi in Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 23Downtown Reno (from Nevada)
Image 24Köppen climate types of Nevada, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Nevada)
Image 25The Las Vegas Strip looking South (from Nevada)
Image 26The courthouse of the Supreme Court of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 27Nevada territory in 1861 (from Nevada)
Image 28U.S. Route 50, also known as "The Loneliest Road in America" (from Nevada)
Image 29Nevada territory in 1861 (from Nevada)
Image 30Valley of Fire State Park (from Nevada)
Image 31Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from Nevada)
Image 32MGM Grand, with sign promoting it as The City of Entertainment (from Nevada)
Image 33A 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 34Mountains west of Las Vegas in the Mojave Desert (from Nevada)
Image 35Nevada quarter (from Nevada)
Image 36U.S. Route 50, also known as "The Loneliest Road in America" (from Nevada)
Image 37Ranching in Washoe County (from Nevada)
Image 38Little Finland rock formation in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 39Lake Tahoe on the Nevada–California border (from Nevada)
Image 40Cattle near the Bruneau River in Elko County (from Nevada)
Image 41The 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 42The Nevada State Legislative Building in Carson City (from Nevada)
Image 43Population density map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 44East Las Vegas suburbs (from Nevada)
Image 45Mount Charleston (from Nevada)
Image 46Ruins of an early 20th-century mill, Winnemucca Mountain (from History of Nevada)
Image 47Mountains west of Las Vegas in the Mojave Desert (from Nevada)
Image 48The Winnemucca Sand Dunes, north of Winnemucca (from Nevada)
Image 49Carson City Mint in Carson City. Carson City is an independent city and the capital of Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 50A valley near Pyramid Lake (from Nevada)
Image 51Majority/plurality party in each Nevada county (February 2023):
  Democrat >= 30%
  Republican >= 30%
  Republican >= 40%
  Republican >= 50%
  Republican >= 60%
(from Nevada)
Image 52The courthouse of the Supreme Court of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 53Topographic map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 54MGM Grand, with sign promoting it as The City of Entertainment (from Nevada)
Image 55The 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 56East Las Vegas suburbs (from Nevada)
Image 57Goldstrike (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 58Ranching in Washoe County (from Nevada)
Image 59State route shield (from Nevada)
Image 60Lake Tahoe on the Nevada–California border (from Nevada)
Image 61Population density map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 62Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Calico basin (from Nevada)
Image 63Flag of Nevada, 1905–1915 (from History of Nevada)
Image 64The quartzite of Doso Doyabi in Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 65Mexico in 1824. Alta California included today's Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 66Little Finland rock formation in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 67Map 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 68Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 69Downtown Reno (from Nevada)
Image 70Carson City Mint in Carson City. Carson City is an independent city and the capital of Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 71Map 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 72Bottle house in the mining ghost town of Rhyolite; built in 1906 with about 50,000 bottles (from Nevada)
Image 73Goldstrike (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 74Topographic map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 75Cattle near the Bruneau River in Elko County (from Nevada)
Image 76Sculpture representing a steam locomotive, in Ely, Nevada. Early locomotives played an important part in Nevada's mining industry. (from Nevada)
Image 77A valley near Pyramid Lake (from Nevada)

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... that Lincoln Fitzgerald survived a 1949 murder attempt and went on to run three Nevada casinos?
... that a Nevada radio station named "Sexy" blew into town with a windstorm?
... 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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