Las Vegas

Las Vegas (, ) 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 

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

 References 

Category:Populatit places established in 1905
Category:Ceeties in the Mojave Desert
Category:Ceeties in Nevada
Category:Clark Coonty, Nevada

Category:Gamblin in the Unitit States
Category:Coonty seats in Nevada