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Las Vegas, Nevada
City of Las Vegas
Downtown Las Vegas
Las Vegas Springs PreserveStratosphere Tower
[[File:|Warld Mercat Centre|132px]]Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health
Clark Coonty Govrenment Centre
Banner o Las Vegas, Nevada
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Etymology: Spaingie: Las vegas (The meadaes)
Eik-name(s): 
"Vegas",[1] "Sin City", "City of Lights", "The Gambling Capital of the World",[2] "The Entertainment Capital of the World", "Capital of Second Chances",[3] "The Marriage Capital of the World", "The Silver City", "America's Playground"
Location o the ceety o Las Vegas within Clark Coonty, Nevada
Location o the ceety o Las Vegas within Clark Coonty, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada is located in the Unitit States
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Location in the contiguous Unitit States
Coordinates: 36°10′30″N 115°08′11″W / 36.17500°N 115.13639°W / 36.17500; -115.13639Coordinates: 36°10′30″N 115°08′11″W / 36.17500°N 115.13639°W / 36.17500; -115.13639
KintraUnitit States
StateNevada
CoontyClark
FoonditMey 15, 1905
Incorporatit16 Mairch 1911
Govrenment
 • TeepCooncil–manager
 • MayorCarolyn Goodman (I)
 • Mayor Pro TemSteve Ross (D)
 • Ceety managerBetsy Fretwell
Area
 • Ceety352 km2 (135.8 sq mi)
 • Laund352 km2 (135.8 sq mi)
 • Water0.1 km2 (0.05 sq mi)
Elevation
610 m (2001 ft)
Population
 • Ceety583,756
 • Estimate 
(2017)[5]
648,224
 • Density1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi)
 • Urban
2,211,315
 • Metro
2,248,390
 • CSA
2362015 (US: 26t)
Demonym(s)Las Vegan
Time zoneUTC−8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−7 (PDT)
Area code(s)702 & 725
FIPS code32-40000
GNIS featur ID0847388
Websitewww.lasvegasnevada.gov

Las Vegas (Inglis pronunciation: /lɑːs ˈveɪɡəs/, Spainish: [las ˈβeɣas]) 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.

Sister ceeties

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Las Vegas haes several sister ceeties, as designate bi Sister Cities International:

References

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  1. Merriam Webster's Geographical Dictionary (3rd ed.). Merriam-Webster. 1997. p. 633. ISBN 9780877795469.
  2. "Words and Their Stories: Nicknames for New Orleans and Las Vegas". VOA News. 13 Mairch 2010. Retrieved 29 Januar 2012.
  3. Lovitt, Rob (15 December 2009). "Will the real Las Vegas please stand up?". MSNBC. Archived frae the original on 20 November 2012. Retrieved 4 Februar 2012.
  4. a b "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Las Vegas city, Nevada". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved 9 Mairch 2012.
  5. "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved 9 Juin 2017.
  6. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Las Vegas city, Nevada; count revision of 01-07-2013". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved 9 Mairch 2012.