Las Vegas
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Etymology: from
Spanish
las vegas
'the meadows'
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Nicknames:
"Vegas", "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",
[2]
"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
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Country
| United States
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State
| Nevada
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County
| Clark
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Founded
| May 15, 1905
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Incorporated
| March 16, 1911
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? Type
| Council?manager
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Mayor
| Carolyn Goodman
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I
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Mayor Pro Tem
| Brian Knudsen (
D
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? City council
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? City manager
| Jorge Cervantes
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City
| 141.91 sq mi (367.53 km
2
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? Land
| 141.85 sq mi (367.40 km
2
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? Water
| 0.05 sq mi (0.14 km
2
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Elevation
| 2,001 ft (610 m)
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City
| 641,903
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? Rank
| 75th
in North America
25th
in the United States
1st
in Nevada
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? Density
| 4,525.16/sq mi (1,747.17/km
2
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Urban
| 2,196,623 (
US: 21st
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? Urban density
| 5,046.3/sq mi (1,948.4/km
2
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Metro
| 2,265,461 (
US: 29th
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Demonym
| Las Vegan
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? Las Vegas (MSA)
| $160.7 billion (2022)
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Time zone
| UTC?08:00
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PST
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? Summer (
DST
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| UTC?07:00
(
PDT
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ZIP Codes
| 89044, 89054, 891xx
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Area code
| 702 & 725
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FIPS code
| 32-40000
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GNIS
feature ID
| 847388
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Website
| lasvegasnevada
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Las Vegas
is a
city
in the
American
state
of
Nevada
. There were 641,903 people living in the city in 2020, and more than 2,000,000 people living in the
metropolitan area
. It is the largest city in Nevada. Las Vegas is also the
county seat
of
Clark County
.
Las Vegas is famous for its
casinos
and
resort
hotels. It is one of the world's most popular places for
tourism
.
Hispanics (especially Mexicans and Cubans) and white people are the largest racial and ethnic groups in Las Vegas. Las Vegas has many Italians, Germans, English people and Irish people.
Las Vegas leans to the left. Three of the four congressional districts in Nevada include parts of Las Vegas, and all three congresspeople representing those districts are Democrats from Las Vegas.
Native Americans
were the first to reside in the area, specifically the Paiute tribe. It was first called
Las Vegas
(which means
The
Meadows
in the
Spanish language
) by the Spanish. The city is known for its dry weather, as is the rest of southern
Nevada
. It is surrounded by
desert
.
The
US Army
built Fort Baker there in 1864. Las Vegas has natural
springs
, where people used to stop for
water
when they were going to
Los Angeles
or other places in
California
.
In 1905, 110 acres owned by William A. Clark, on which he built a
railroad
to Southern
California
were
auctioned
and Las Vegas was founded as a railroad
town
.
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Las Vegas officially became a city in 1911.
The Hispanic population in Las Vegas is growing and has rapidly increased. Most Latino Las Vegas residents are of Mexican, Cuban and Salvadoran descent.
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Las Vegas also has a small Puerto Rican, Guatemalan, Spaniard, Peruvian, Colombian, Honduran, Nicaraguan and Argentine population. The most common European ancestries in Las Vegas are German, Irish, Italian, Polish, French, Scottish, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch and Welsh. Filipino, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese, Indian and Chinese are the most common Asian ancestries.
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There is a Mexican, Chinese, Greek, German, Korean, Japanese, French, Arab, Italian, Jewish, African-American, Turkish, Croatian, Polish, Filipino, Indian, Ethiopian and Chilean community in Las Vegas.
[9]
Las Vegas has a growing Hispanic population. Many Hispanics in Las Vegas are of Mexican, Cuban and Salvadoran ancestry.
[10]
Most of the foreign-born population were born in
Mexico
, the
Philippines
and
El Salvador
.
[11]
- ↑
"Words and Their Stories: Nicknames for New Orleans and Las Vegas"
.
VOA
News. March 13, 2010
. Retrieved
January 29,
2012
.
- ↑
Lovitt, Rob (December 15, 2009).
"Will the real Las Vegas please stand up?"
.
NBC News
. Retrieved
February 4,
2012
.
- ↑
"ArcGIS REST Services Directory"
. United States Census Bureau
. Retrieved
September 19,
2022
.
- ↑
"2020 Population and Housing State Data"
. United States Census Bureau
. Retrieved
August 22,
2021
.
- ↑
"Total Gross Domestic Product for Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV (MSA)"
.
fred.stlouisfed.org
.
- ↑
"LasVegasNevada.Gov"
. Las Vegas City Hall
. Retrieved
2021-03-26
.
- ↑
"A booming Hispanic population in Las Vegas"
. 6 September 2018.
- ↑
"The Demographic Statistical Atlas of the United States - Statistical Atlas"
.
- ↑
The Peoples Of Las Vegas: One City, Many Faces
.
- ↑
"A booming Hispanic population in Las Vegas"
. September 6, 2018.
- ↑
"Las Vegas, NV-AZ | Globalization, Urbanization & Migration (GUM) | Columbian College of Arts & Sciences | The George Washington University"
.
Globalization, Urbanization & Migration (GUM) | Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
.
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