The flag of Nevada
The seal of Nevada
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Nevada:
Nevada – U.S. state in the intermountain west region of the United States. 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.[2]
General reference
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- Names
- Common name: Nevada
- Official name: State of Nevada
- Abbreviations and name codes
- Nicknames
- Battle Born State (refers to the fact that Nevada joined the Union during the Civil War)
- Sagebrush State
- Silver State (formerly used on license plates)
- Adjectival: Nevada
- Demonyms
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- Nevada is: a U.S. state, a federal state of the United States of America
- Location
- Population of Nevada: 2,700,551 (2010 U.S. Census[3])
- Area of Nevada: 110,573 sq mi (286,382 km2)
- Atlas of Nevada
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- Climate of Nevada
- Superfund sites in Nevada
- Wildlife of Nevada
- Fauna of Nevada
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- The 16 counties and 1 independent city of the state of Nevada
- Municipalities in Nevada
- Cities in Nevada
- State capital of Nevada: Carson City
- Largest city in Nevada: Las Vegas (24th most populous city in the United States)
- City nicknames in Nevada
- Cities in Nevada
- Municipalities in Nevada
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- Form of government: U.S. state government
- Nevada's congressional delegations
- Nevada State Capitol
- Political party strength in Nevada
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- Prehistory of Nevada
- Indigenous peoples
- Spanish colony of Alta California, 1804–1821
- Adams–Onis Treaty of 1819
- Mexican War of Independence, September 16, 1810 – August 24, 1821
- Treaty of Córdoba, August 24, 1821
- Mexican territory of Alta California, 1821–1848
- California Trail, 1841–1869
- Mexican–American War, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848
- Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, February 2, 1848
- Unorganized territory of the United States, 1848–1850
- State of Deseret (extralegal), 1849–1850
- Compromise of 1850
- Territory of Utah east of California border from 37th parallel north to 42nd parallel north, (1850–1866)–1896
- Comstock Lode, 1858–1878
- Paiute War, 1860
- Pony Express, 1860–1861
- American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865
- First Transcontinental Telegraph completed 1861
- Territory of New Mexico south of 37th parallel north, (1850–1863)–1912
- Territory of Nevada between California border and 39th meridian west from Washington from 37th parallel north to 42nd parallel north, 1861–1864
- Nevada in the American Civil War, 1861–1865
- Territory of Arizona south of 37th parallel north, (1863–1867)–1912
- State of Nevada becomes 36th State admitted to the United States of America on October 31, 1864
- Utah annexation, 1866
- Arizona annexation, 1867
- First transcontinental railroad completed 1869
- Hoover Dam completed 1936
- Great Basin National Park established on October 27, 1986
- Death Valley National Park designated on October 31, 1994
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- Communications in Nevada
- Transportation in Nevada
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See also
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References
[edit]- ↑ "Table 2. Annual Estimates of the Population of Combined Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (CBSA-EST2009-02)". 2009 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 23, 2010. Archived from the original (CSV) on April 20, 2010. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
- ↑ "Federal Land Acres in Nevada" (PDF). US Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2006. Retrieved May 7, 2009.
- ↑ "U.S. Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts Nevada". Archived from the original on 2014-07-31.
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