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Las Vegas, Nevada
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City of Las Vegas
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Etymology:
Spaingie
:
Las vegas
(The meadaes)
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Eik-name(s):
"Vegas",
[1]
"Sin City", "City of Lights", "The Gambling Capital of the World",
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"The Entertainment Capital of the World", "Capital of Second Chances",
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"The Marriage Capital of the World", "The Silver City", "America's Playground"
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Coordinates:
36°10′30″N
115°08′11″W
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36.17500°N 115.13639°W
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36.17500; -115.13639
Coordinates
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36°10′30″N
115°08′11″W
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36.17500°N 115.13639°W
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36.17500; -115.13639
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Kintra
| Unitit States
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State
| Nevada
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Coonty
| Clark
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Foondit
| Mey 15, 1905
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Incorporatit
| 16 Mairch 1911
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Govrenment
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? Teep
| Cooncil?manager
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Mayor
| Carolyn Goodman
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I
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Mayor Pro Tem
| Steve Ross
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D
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Ceety manager
| Betsy Fretwell
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Area
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Ceety
| 352 km
2
(135.8 sq mi)
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? Laund
| 352 km
2
(135.8 sq mi)
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? Water
| 0.1 km
2
(0.05 sq mi)
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Elevation
| 610 m (2001 ft)
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Population
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Ceety
| 583,756
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? Estimate
| 648,224
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? Density
| 1,700/km
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(4,300/sq mi)
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Urban
| 2,211,315
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Metro
| 2,248,390
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CSA
| 2362015 (US:
26t
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Demonym(s)
| Las Vegan
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Time zone
| UTC?8
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PST
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? Summer (
DST
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| UTC?7
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PDT
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Area code(s)
| 702 & 725
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FIPS code
| 32-40000
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GNIS
featur ID
| 0847388
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Website
| www
.lasvegasnevada
.gov
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Las Vegas
(
Inglis pronunciation:
/l?ːs ?ve???s/
,
Spainish:
[las ?βe?as]
) is the maist populous ceety in
Nevada
, Unitit States, the seat o
Clark Coonty
, and an internaitionally renowned major resort ceety for gamblin, shoppin an fine dinin. Las Vegas, which bills itsel as The Entertainment Caipital o the Warld, is famous for the number o
casino
resorts an associatit entertainment. A growin retirement an family ceety, it is the
28t maist populous ceety
in the Unitit States wi a population o 603,488 at the
2013 Unitit States Census Estimates
.
[6]
The 2013 population estimate o the
Las Vegas metropolitan aurie
wis 2,027,828.
[4]
Established in 1905, Las Vegas offeecially became a ceety in 1911. Wi the growth that follaed, at the close o the century Las Vegas wis the maist populous American ceety foondit in the 20t century (a distinction held bi Chicago in the 19t century). The ceety's tolerance for various forms o adult entertainment earned it the teetle o
Sin City
, an this image haes makkit Las Vegas a popular settin for films an telly programmes. There are numerous ootdoor lichtin displays on
Fremont Street
, as well as elsewhaur in the ceety.
The name
Las Vegas
is aften applied tae
unincorporatit auries
that surroond the ceety, especially the resort auries on an near the Las Vegas Strip. The 4.2 mi (6.8 km) stretch o
Las Vegas Boulevard
kent as
the Strip
is mainly in the unincorporatit communities o
Paradise
an
Winchester
, while a sma portion owerlaps intae Las Vegas an the unincorporatit community o
Enterprise
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Las Vegas haes several
sister ceeties
, as designate bi
Sister Cities International
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