page_title: Las Vegas Valley
section_title: Libraries & bookstores
hierarchical_section_title: Las Vegas Valley / Culture and the arts / Libraries & bookstores
context_page_description: The Las Vegas Valley is a major metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The state's largest urban agglomeration, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Statistical Area is coextensive since 2003 with Clark County, Nevada. The Valley is largely defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a 600 sq mi basin area surrounded by mountains to the north, south, east and west of the metropolitan area. The Valley is home to the three largest incorporated cities in Nevada: Las Vegas, Henderson and North Las Vegas. Eleven unincorporated towns governed by the Clark County government are part of the Las Vegas Township and constitute the largest community in the state of Nevada.
  The names Las Vegas and Vegas are interchangeably used to indicate the Valley, the Strip, and the city, and as a brand by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority to denominate the region. The Valley is affectionately known as the "ninth island" by Hawaii natives and Las Vegans alike, in part due to the large number of people originally from Hawaii who live in and regularly travel to Las Vegas.
context_section_description: The Writer's Block
  Architecture Studies Library
  Boulder City Public Library
  College of Southern Nevada Libraries
  Henderson District Public Libraries
  Las Vegas–Clark County Library District
  Lied Library (at UNLV)
  North Las Vegas Library District
caption: The Lied Library
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