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Molossia (/ m oʊ ˈ l ɒ s i ə /), officially the Republic of Molossia, is a micronation claiming de facto independence, claims sovereignty over 11.3 acres (4.6 ha; 46,000 m 2) of land near Dayton, Nevada. [1] The micronation has not received recognition from any of the 193 member states of the United Nations.
MicroCon is a biennial convention for micronationalists held since 2015. The event was created by Kevin Baugh, President of the Republic of Molossia. [1] Micronations are political entities that claim independence and mimic acts of sovereignty as if they were a sovereign state, but lack any legal recognition. [2]
A group of Native Americans of the Mohawk tribe occupied an area near Moss Lake, in New York State, claiming it to be part of a far larger territory that had been illegally acquired from indigenous Americans in 1797. [44] After years of negotiations with the state, the group agreed to move to an area near Altona. Issues of sovereignty remain ...
Eagle Shadow Mountain Solar Farm is a planned 420 MW p (300 MW AC) photovoltaic power station north of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada on the Moapa River Indian Reservation. [1] The facility is being developed by 8minutenergy Renewables and when completed will be the largest photovoltaic system on tribal lands in North America . [ 2 ]
In 2000, O'Driscoll authored Ils ne siègent pas à l'ONU: revue de quelques micro-Etats, micro-nations et autres entités éphémères (They do not sit at the UN: a review of some micro-states, micro-nations and other ephemeral entities), which details over 600 micronations. [3] A marker along the Republic of Molossia's claimed border with Nevada
Cold Creek is an unincorporated community in Clark County, Nevada, United States located within the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area and approximately 28 miles by road from the Las Vegas city limits. [1] Cold Creek is named for the stream that flows through the community.
The two ghost towns are about 120 miles (190 km) northwest of Las Vegas, 60 miles (97 km) south of Goldfield, and 90 miles (140 km) south of Tonopah. To the west, roughly 5 miles (8.0 km) from Bullfrog, the Funeral and Grapevine Mountains of the Amargosa Range rise between the Amargosa Desert in Nevada and Death Valley in California. [2] [3]
The Las Vegas Festival Grounds is an open-air venue on the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada. It was developed by MGM Resorts International and hosted its first event on May 8, 2015. It is 37 acres (15 ha) and has a capacity of 85,000 people. It is located at the north end of the Strip, north of Circus Circus Las Vegas.