Las Vegas

For ither uises, see Las Vegas (disambiguation).

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]

Las Vegas, Nevada
Ceety
City of Las Vegas
[[File:|Warld Mercat Centre|132px]] Clockwise frae tap: Downtown Las Vegas skyline, Stratosphere Tower, Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Clark Coonty Govrenment Centre, Warld Mercat Centre, Las Vegas Springs Preserve
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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
Las Vegas, Nevada Location in the contiguous Unitit States
Coordinates: 36°10′30″N 115°08′11″W
Kintra	Unitit States
State	Nevada
Coonty	Clark
Foondit	Mey 15, 1905
Incorporatit	16 Mairch 1911
Govrenment
• Teep	Cooncil–manager
• Mayor	Carolyn Goodman (I)
• Mayor Pro Tem	Steve Ross (D)
• Ceety manager	Betsy Fretwell
Area
• Ceety	352 km2 (135.8 sq mi)
• Laund	352 km2 (135.8 sq mi)
• Water	0.1 km2 (0.05 sq mi)
Elevation	610 m (2001 ft)
Population  (2010)[4]
• Ceety	583,756
• Estimate  (2017)[5]	648,224
• Density	1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi)
• Urban	2,211,315
• Metro	2,248,390
• CSA	2362015 (US: 26t)
Demonym(s)	Las Vegan
Time zone	UTC−8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (PDT)
Area code(s)	702 & 725
FIPS code	32-40000
GNIS featur ID	0847388
Website	www.lasvegasnevada.gov

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

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

• Ansan, Sooth Korea
• Jeju Ceety, Sooth Korea
• Huludao, Liaoning, Cheenae
• Pernik, Bulgarie
• Phuket, Thailand
• Angeles Ceety, Philippines
• Pamukkale, Turkey

References

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. "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.

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