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Nevada is a state located
in the western region of the United States of America. The
capital is Carson City and the largest city is Las Vegas.
The state's nickname is "The Silver State" due to
the large number of silver deposits that were discovered and
mined there. In 1864, Nevada became the 36th state to enter
the union, and the phrase "Battle Born" on the state
flag reflects the state's entry on the Union side during the
American Civil War. Its first settlement was called Mormon
Station.
Nevada is the seventh-largest
state in area, and geographically covers the Mojave Desert
in the south to the Great Basin in the north. About 86% of
the state's land is owned by the US federal government under
various jurisdictions both civilian and military. there were
about 2.6 million residents, with over 85% of the population
residing in the metropolitan areas around Las Vegas and Reno.
The state is well known for its easy marriage and divorce
proceedings, legalization of gambling and, in a few counties,
legalized brothels.
Although the name is derived
from the Spanish word Nevada, which is the feminine form of
"covered in snow", the local pronunciation of the
state's name is not IPA, but IPA: In 2005, the state issued
a specialty license plate via the Nevada Commission on Tourism
that lists the name of the state as Nevada to help with the
pronunciation problem. Local residents - particularly natives
of the state - resent hearing Nevada's name mispronounced
in the national media, a problem that has crystallized with
increased coverage of the state following the 2008 Presidential
Primary Elections. |
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