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Nevada Carson City, NV

Carson City

State Nevada
City Carson City
Latitude/Longitude 39.16, -119.8
Land Area 143 mi2

Population 55,176

Bordering Cities
Reno, Sparks, Sacramento

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Nevada is a state located in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of 110,000 sq miles and a population of about 2.6 million, it is the seventh-largest and thirty-fifth-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its three largest incorporated cities. Nevada's capital is Carson City.

Nevada is largely desert and semiarid, with much of it located within the Great Basin. Areas south of the Great Basin are located within the Mojave Desert, while Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada mountains lie on the western edge. Approximately 86% of the state's land is owned by the US government under various jurisdictions, both civilian and military.

The name Nevada is derived from the nearby Sierra Nevada mountains, which means "snow-capped mountain range" in Spanish. The land comprising the modern state was inhabited by Native Americans of the Paiute, Shoshone, and Washoe tribes prior to European contact. It was subsequently claimed by Spain as a part of Alta California until the Mexican War of Independence brought it under Mexican control. The United States gained the territory in 1848 following its victory in the Mexican-American War and the area was eventually incorporated as part of Utah Territory in 1850. The discovery of silver at the Comstock Lode in 1859 led to a population boom that was an impetus to the creation of the Nevada Territory out of western Utah Territory in 1861. Nevada became the thirty-sixth state on October 31, 1864.


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