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Nevada – U.S. state in the intermountain west region of the United States. Nevada is mostly desert or semiarid. Nevada is mostly desert or semiarid. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area , [ 1 ] and about 86% of the state's land is owned by the US government , under various departments and agencies.
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 Nevada Statehood, October 31, 1864 [3] Another 53 miles of western Utah Territory is transferred to the State of Nevada, May 5, 1866
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A compass of the United States, with state names. The original was edited by User:Andrew c to include Nova Scotia, PEI, Bahamas, and scale key. It was originally uploaded to the English Wikipedia with the same title by w:User:Wapcaplet : * 20:57, 9 October 2005 . .
English: The maps use data from nationalatlas.gov, specifically countyp020.tar.gz on the Raw Data Download page. The maps also use state outline data from statesp020.tar.gz . The Florida maps use hydrogm020.tar.gz to display Lake Okeechobee.
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The Territory of Utah was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, [2] until January 4, 1896, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Utah, [3] the 45th state.
Congress transferred some of the lands west of the Colorado River including Pah-Ute County, Arizona Territory to the State of Nevada on May 5, 1866. Part of this southern tip of Nevada was established as Clark County in 1909 and contains the city of Las Vegas. The territorial capital was moved from the provisional capital of Genoa to Carson City.