Las Vegas
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This article is about the city in Nevada, USA. For other uses, see Las Vegas (disambiguation).
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.
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Las Vegas | |
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Etymology: from Spanish las vegas 'the meadows' | |
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Coordinates: 36°10′30″N 115°08′11″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Nevada |
County | Clark |
Founded | May 15, 1905 |
Incorporated | March 16, 1911 |
Government | |
• Type | Council–manager |
• Mayor | Carolyn Goodman (I) |
• Mayor Pro Tem | Brian Knudsen (D) |
• City council | Members
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• City manager | Jorge Cervantes |
Area | |
• City | 141.91 sq mi (367.53 km2) |
• Land | 141.85 sq mi (367.40 km2) |
• Water | 0.05 sq mi (0.14 km2) |
Elevation | 2,001 ft (610 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• City | 641,903 |
• Rank | 75th in North America 25th in the United States 1st in Nevada |
• Density | 4,525.16/sq mi (1,747.17/km2) |
• Urban | 2,196,623 (US: 21st) |
• Urban density | 5,046.3/sq mi (1,948.4/km2) |
• Metro | 2,265,461 (US: 29th) |
Demonym | Las Vegan |
GDP | |
• Las Vegas (MSA) | $160.7 billion (2022) |
Time zone | UTC−08:00 (PST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−07:00 (PDT) |
ZIP Codes | 89044, 89054, 891xx |
Area code | 702 & 725 |
FIPS code | 32-40000 |
GNIS feature ID | 847388 |
Website | lasvegasnevada |
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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.