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Nevada. Nevada ( / nəˈvædəˌ - vɑː -/ ⓘ nə-VAD-ə, -VAH-, [ 4][ 5] Spanish: [neˈβaða]) is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States. [ c] 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 ...
Map of the United States with Nevada highlighted. Nevada is a state located in the Western United States. According to the 2020 United States Census, it is the 32nd most populous state, with 3,104,614 inhabitants, [1] but the 7th largest by land area spanning 109,781.18 square miles (284,332.0 km 2). [2]
Köppen climate types of Nevada, using 1991-2020 climate normals. Nevada is the driest state in the United States. [3] It is made up of mostly desert and semi-arid climate regions, and, with the exception of the Las Vegas Valley, the average summer diurnal temperature range approaches 40 °F (22 °C) in much of the state. While winters in ...
List of counties in Nevada. There are 16 counties and one independent city in the U.S. state of Nevada. On November 25, 1861, the first Nevada Territorial Legislature established nine counties. [ 1] Nevada was admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864, with 11 counties. [ 1] In 1969, Ormsby County and Carson City were consolidated into a single ...
According to the Nevada Brothel List site, there were 21 legal brothels in Nevada as of February 2018, [ 1] down from its peak of 35 in the early 1980s. [ 2] As of September 2023, there are only 19 legal brothels open in Nevada in just 6 of the state's 17 counties. [ 3] While prostitution is legal in parts of Nevada, it is illegal outside these ...
Nye County, Nevada. / 38.05°N 116.45°W / 38.05; -116.45. Nye County is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,591. [ 2] Its county seat is Tonopah. [ 3] At 18,159 square miles (47,030 km 2 ), Nye is Nevada's largest county by area and the third-largest county in the contiguous United States ...
Virginia City, Nevada. / 39.31028°N 119.64944°W / 39.31028; -119.64944. Virginia City is a census-designated place (CDP) that is the county seat of Storey County, Nevada, and the largest community in the county. [ 4] The city is a part of the Reno – Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Territory of Utah, 1850–1896. Nataqua Territory (extralegal), 1856-1861. Territory of Nevada, 1861–1864. Nevada Organic Act, March 2, 1861 [1] Western 53 miles of the Utah Territory is transferred to the Territory of Nevada, July 14, 1862. Nevada Enabling Act, March 21, 1864 [2] State of Nevada since 1864.