# Las Vegas

| Las Vegas, Nevada |
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| City of Las Vegas |
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Clockwise frae tap: Downtown Las Vegas skyline, Stratosphere Tower, Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Clark Coonty Govrenment Centre, Warld Mercat Centre, Las Vegas Springs Preserve |
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| Etymology: Spaingie: *Las vegas* (The meadaes) |
| Eik-name(s): "Vegas", "Sin City", "City of Lights", "The Gambling Capital of the World", "The Entertainment Capital of the World", "Capital of Second Chances", "The Marriage Capital of the World", "The Silver City", "America's Playground" |
| Location o the ceety o Las Vegas within Clark Coonty, Nevada |
| Las Vegas, NevadaLocation in the contiguous Unitit States |
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| Kintra | Unitit States |
| State | Nevada |
| Coonty | Clark |
| Foondit | Mey 15, 1905 |
| Incorporatit | 16 Mairch 1911 |
| Govrenment |
|  • Teep | Cooncil–manager |
|  • Mayor | Carolyn Goodman (I) |
|  • Mayor Pro Tem | Steve Ross (D) |
|  • Ceety manager | Betsy Fretwell |
| Area |
|  • Ceety | 352 km2 (135.8 sq mi) |
|  • Laund | 352 km2 (135.8 sq mi) |
|  • Water | 0.1 km2 (0.05 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 610 m (2001 ft) |
| Population (2010) |
|  • Ceety | 583,756 |
|  • Estimate (2017) | 648,224 |
|  • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi) |
|  • Urban | 2,211,315 |
|  • Metro | 2,248,390 |
|  • CSA | 2362015 (US: 26t) |
| Demonym(s) | Las Vegan |
| Time zone | UTC−8 (PST) |
|  • Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
| Area code(s) | 702 & 725 |
| FIPS code | 32-40000 |
| GNIS featur ID | 0847388 |
| Website | www.lasvegasnevada.gov |

**Las Vegas** (Inglis pronunciation: /lɑːs ˈveɪɡəs/, Spainish: [las ˈβeɣas]) is the maist populous ceety in Nevada, Unitit States, the seat o Clark Coonty, and an internaitionally renowned major resort ceety for gamblin, shoppin an fine dinin. Las Vegas, which bills itsel as The Entertainment Caipital o the Warld, is famous for the number o casino resorts an associatit entertainment. A growin retirement an family ceety, it is the 28t maist populous ceety in the Unitit States wi a population o 603,488 at the 2013 Unitit States Census Estimates. The 2013 population estimate o the Las Vegas metropolitan aurie wis 2,027,828.

Established in 1905, Las Vegas offeecially became a ceety in 1911. Wi the growth that follaed, at the close o the century Las Vegas wis the maist populous American ceety foondit in the 20t century (a distinction held bi Chicago in the 19t century). The ceety's tolerance for various forms o adult entertainment earned it the teetle o Sin City, an this image haes makkit Las Vegas a popular settin for films an telly programmes. There are numerous ootdoor lichtin displays on Fremont Street, as well as elsewhaur in the ceety.

The name *Las Vegas* is aften applied tae unincorporatit auries that surroond the ceety, especially the resort auries on an near the Las Vegas Strip. The 4.2 mi (6.8 km) stretch o Las Vegas Boulevard kent as the Strip is mainly in the unincorporatit communities o Paradise an Winchester, while a sma portion owerlaps intae Las Vegas an the unincorporatit community o Enterprise.

## Sister ceeties

Las Vegas haes several sister ceeties, as designate bi Sister Cities International:

* Ansan, Sooth Korea
* Jeju Ceety, Sooth Korea
* Huludao, Liaoning, Cheenae
* Pernik, Bulgarie
* Phuket, Thailand
* Angeles Ceety, Philippines
* Pamukkale, Turkey