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Nevada (/nəˈvædəˌ -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 7th-most extensive, the 32nd-most populous, and the 9th-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. About 86% of the state's land is managed by various jurisdictions of the U.S. federal government, both civilian and military.

American Indians 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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On October 1, 2017, a mass shooting occurred when 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire on the crowd attending the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada from his 32nd-floor suites in the Mandalay Bay hotel. He fired more than 1,000 rounds, killing 60 people and wounding at least 413. The ensuing panic brought the total number of injured to approximately 867. About an hour later, he was found dead in his room from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The motive for the shooting is officially undetermined.

The incident is the deadliest mass shooting by one gunman in American history. It focused attention on firearms laws in the U.S., particularly with regard to bump stocks, which Paddock used to fire shots in rapid succession, at a rate similar to that of automatic firearms. Bump stocks were banned by the U.S. Justice Department in December 2018, but the constitutionality of the ban remained under review until 2022, when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case, leaving the ban in place. (Full article...)

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Lake Lahontan was a large endorheic Pleistocene lake of modern northwestern Nevada that extended into northeastern California and southern Oregon. The area of the former lake is a large portion of the Great Basin that borders the Sacramento River watershed to the west.

The lake was named by Clarence King during the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel. The name honors Louis-Armand de Lom d'Arce de Lahontan, Baron de Lahontan, a French soldier and explorer. (Full article...)

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

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... that in 1974, a hoard of more than 400,000 silver dollars was discovered in Nevada?
... 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?

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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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