Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
	Ceety
	City of Las Vegas
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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 withinClark Coonty, Nevada
	Las Vegas, Nevada Location in thecontiguous Unitit States
	Coordinates:36°10′30″N115°08′11″W/ 36.17500°N 115.13639°WCoordinates:36°10′30″N115°08′11″W/ 36.17500°N 115.13639°W
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
GNISfeatur ID	0847388
Website	www.lasvegasnevada.gov

Las Vegas(Inglis pronunciation:/lɑːs ˈveɪɡəs/,Spainish:[las ˈβeɣas]) is the maist populous ceety inNevada,Unitit States, the seat oClark 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 ocasinoresorts an associatit entertainment. A growin retirement an family ceety, it is the28t maist populous ceetyin the Unitit States wi a population o 603,488 at the2013 Unitit States Census Estimates.^[6]The 2013 population estimate o theLas Vegas metropolitan auriewis 2,027,828.^[4]

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 oSin City,an this image haes makkit Las Vegas a popular settin for films an telly programmes. There are numerous ootdoor lichtin displays onFremont Street,as well as elsewhaur in the ceety.

The nameLas Vegasis aften applied taeunincorporatit auriesthat surroond the ceety, especially the resort auries on an near the Las Vegas Strip. The 4.2 mi (6.8 km) stretch oLas Vegas Boulevardkent asthe Stripis mainly in the unincorporatit communities oParadiseanWinchester,while a sma portion owerlaps intae Las Vegas an the unincorporatit community oEnterprise.