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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Las Vegas, Nevada
| official_name = City of Las Vegas
| settlement_type = [[Ceety]]
| etymology = [[Spaingie leid|Spaingie]]: ''Las vegas'' (The meadaes)
| nickname = "Vegas",<ref>{{cite book|title=Merriam Webster's Geographical Dictionary|edition=3rd|publisher=Merriam-Webster|year=1997|isbn=9780877795469|page=633|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Co_VIPIJerIC&pg=PA633}}</ref> "Sin City",  "City of Lights", "The Gambling Capital of the World",<ref>{{cite news | url = http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/words-and-their-stories-nicknames-for-new-orleans-and-las-vegas/112416.html | title = Words and Their Stories: Nicknames for New Orleans and Las Vegas | work = VOA News | date = March 13, 2010 | accessdate = January 29, 2012}}</ref> "The Entertainment Capital of the World", "Capital of Second Chances",<ref name="Las_Vegas_nickname1">{{cite web | url = http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34418386/ns/travel-seasonal_travel | title = Will the real Las Vegas please stand up? | work = MSNBC | last = Lovitt | first = Rob | date = December 15, 2009 | accessdate = February 4, 2012 | archive-date = 2012-11-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121120034254/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34418386/ns/travel-seasonal_travel | url-status = dead }}</ref> "The Marriage Capital of the World", "The Silver City", "America's Playground"
| image_skyline = {{Photomontage
| photo1a                   = DowntownLasVegas.jpg{{!}}Downtown Las Vegas
| photo2a                   = Springs Preserve garden plants.jpg{{!}}Las Vegas Springs Preserve
| photo2b                   = Two Towers Las Vegas.jpg{{!}}Stratosphere Tower
| photo3a                   ={{!}}Warld Mercat Centre
| photo3b                   =  Lou Ruovo Center for Brain Health.jpg{{!}}Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health
| photo4a                   = Clark County Government Center.png{{!}}Clark Coonty Govrenment Centre
| spacing                   = 2
| position                  = center
| color_border              = white
| color                     =  white
| size                      = 266
| foot_montage              = Clockwise frae tap: [[Downtown Las Vegas]] skyline, [[Stratosphere Las Vegas|Stratosphere Tower]], [[Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health]], [[Clark Coonty Govrenment Centre]], [[Warld Mercat Centre Las Vegas|Warld Mercat Centre]], [[Las Vegas Springs Preserve]]
}}
| imagesize = 300px
| image_caption = 
| image_flag = Flag of Las Vegas, Nevada.svg
| image_seal = 
| image_map = Clark County Nevada Incorporated Areas Las Vegas highlighted.svg
| mapsize = 250px
| map_caption = Location o the ceety o Las Vegas within [[Clark Coonty, Nevada]]
| pushpin_map = USA
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the [[contiguous Unitit States]]
| subdivision_type = [[Leet o sovereign states|Kintra]]
| subdivision_name = Unitit States
| subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Nevada]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Leet o coonties in Nevada|Coonty]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Clark Coonty, Nevada|Clark]]
| government_type = [[Cooncil–manager govrenment|Cooncil–manager]]
|leader_title = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name  = [[Carolyn Goodman (politeecian)|Carolyn Goodman]] ([[Independent politeecian|I]])
|leader_title1 = [[Pro tempore|Mayor Pro Tem]]
|leader_name1  = [[Steve Ross (politeecian)|Steve Ross]] ([[Democratic Pairty o the Unitit States|D]])
|leader_title2 = [[Ceety manager]]
|leader_name2  = Betsy Fretwell
| area_magnitude = 1 E9
| established_title = Foondit
| established_date = Mey 15, 1905
| established_title1 = Incorporatit
| established_date1 = 16 Mairch 1911
| area_total_sq_mi = 135.8
| area_land_sq_mi = 135.8
| area_water_sq_mi = 0.05
| population_as_of = [[2010 Unitit States Census|2010]]
| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2010"/>
| population_total = 583756
| population_urban = 2,211,315
| population_metro = 2,248,390
| population_blank1_title   = [[Combined statistical aurie|CSA]]
| population_blank1         = 2,362,015 (US: [[Leet o Combined Stateestical Auries|26t]])
| population_note = 
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
| population_demonym = Las Vegan
| timezone = [[Paceefic Staundart Time Zone|PST]]
| utc_offset = −8
| timezone_DST = [[Paceefic Daylicht Time|PDT]]
| utc_offset_DST = −7
| postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code = 
| area_code = [[Aurie code 702|702 & 725]]
| coordinates      = {{coord|36|10|30|N|115|08|11|W|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_ft = 2001
| elevation_m = 610
| website = {{URL|www.lasvegasnevada.gov}}
| blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info = 32-40000
| blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] featur ID
| blank1_info = 0847388
| footnotes = 
|pop_est_as_of = 2017
|pop_est_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusEst2016">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2016.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|accessdate=June 9, 2017}}</ref>
|population_est = 648,224
|population_density_km2 = auto
|unit_pref = Imperial
}}
'''Las Vegas''' ({{IPA-en|lɑːs ˈveɪɡəs}}, {{IPA-esdia|las ˈβeɣas|Spainish:}}) is the maist populous ceety in [[Nevada]], Unitit States, the seat o [[Clark Coonty, Nevada|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 [[Leet o Unitit States ceeties bi population|28t maist populous ceety]] in the Unitit States wi a  population o 603,488 at the [[Unitit States Census|2013 Unitit States Census Estimates]].<ref name="City 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Las Vegas city, Nevada; count revision of 01-07-2013| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=March 9, 2012}}</ref> The 2013 population estimate o the [[Las Vegas metropolitan aurie]] wis 2,027,828.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov| title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Las Vegas city, Nevada| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=March 9, 2012}}</ref>

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 (description)|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 aurie]]s that surroond the ceety, especially the resort auries on an near the Las Vegas Strip. The 4.2&nbsp;mi (6.8&nbsp;km) stretch o [[Las Vegas Boulevard]] kent as [[Las Vegas Strip|the Strip]] is mainly in the unincorporatit communities o [[Paradise, Nevada|Paradise]] an [[Winchester, Nevada|Winchester]], while a sma portion owerlaps intae Las Vegas an the unincorporatit community o [[Enterprise, Nevada|Enterprise]].

== Sister ceeties ==
{{SisterCities|Las Vegas|several}}
* {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Ansan]], Sooth Korea
* {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Jeju Ceety]], Sooth Korea
* {{flagicon|China}} [[Huludao]], Liaoning, [[Fowkrepublic o Cheenae|Cheenae]]
* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Pernik]], Bulgarie
* {{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Phuket Province|Phuket]], Thailand
* {{flagicon|Philippines}} [[Angeles Ceety]], Philippines
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Pamukkale]], Turkey

== References ==
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[[Category:Populatit places established in 1905]]
[[Category:Ceeties in the Mojave Desert]]
[[Category:Ceeties in Nevada]]
[[Category:Clark Coonty, Nevada]]
[[Category:Las Vegas, Nevada| ]]
[[Category:Gamblin in the Unitit States]]
[[Category:Coonty seats in Nevada]]


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