Nevada is a state in the Western United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nearly three-quarters of Nevada’s people live in Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan area, including three of the state’s four largest incorporated cities. The name means’snow-covered’ in Spanish, referring to Nevada’s small overlap with the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
About Nevada in brief
Nevada is a state in the Western United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nearly three-quarters of Nevada’s people live in Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan area, including three of the state’s four largest incorporated cities. Nevada is the fourth-largest producer of gold in the world. The name means’snow-covered’ in Spanish, referring to Nevada’s small overlap with the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Nevada became the 36th state on October 31, 1864, as the second of two states added to the Union during the Civil War. In 1940, with a population of just over 110,000 people, Nevada was by far the least-populated state, but legalized gambling and lenient marriage and divorce laws transformed Nevada into a major tourist destination in the 20th century. prostitution is legal, though it is illegal in its most populated regions – Clark County, Washoe County and Carson City. The tourism industry remains Nevada’s largest employer, with mining continuing as a substantial sector of the economy. The state’s official tourism organization, TravelNevada, stylized the name of theState as ‘Nevăda’, with a breve over the a indicating the locally preferred pronunciation. Most of the northern part of Nevada is within the Great Basin, which is a mild desert that experiences hot temperatures in the summer and cold temperatures in winter.
The highest temperature recorded in Laughlin on June 29, 1994, set in San Jacinto, California, was −52°F. The Humboldt River crosses the state from east to west across the northeastern part of thestate. Several rivers drain into the Lovelock River, draining into the Sumbtock River near the northern tip of Nevada. Nevada has a reputation for its libertarian laws, and is the only U.S. state where prostitution is illegal. The first Europeans to explore the region were Spanish. They called the region Nevada because of the snow which covered the mountains in winter similar to the SierraNevada in Spain. The area formed part of New Spain, and became part of Mexico when it gained independence in 1821. The discovery of silver at the Comstock Lode in 1859 led to a population boom that became an impetus to the creation of Nevada Territory out of western Utah Territory in 1861. Nevada is almost entirely within the Basin and Range Province and is broken up by many north–south mountain ranges, which belies the image portrayed by the term ‘Great Basin’ The state is the 7th-most extensive, the 19th-least populous, but the 9th-Least densely populated of the U. S. states. About 86% of the State’s land is managed by various jurisdictions of the federal government, both civilian and military. Some people from outside of Nevada can pronounce it with the \”a\” as in ‘palm’, but it is not the pronunciation used by Nevadans.
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