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Panorama of the Ruby Mountains from Lamoille Summit along Nevada State Route 227 (2013)

Nevada (/nəˈvædə/ ^ⓘ nə-VAD-ə; Spanish: [neˈβaða] ^ⓘ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It is also sometimes placed in the Mountain West and Southwestern United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive and the 31st-most populous U.S. state. Nearly three-quarters of Nevada's population live in Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan area. Nevada's capital is Carson City. Las Vegas is the largest city in the state.

Nevada is officially known as the "Silver State" because of the importance of silver to its history and economy. It is also known as the "Battle Born State" because it achieved statehood during the Civil War; as the "Sagebrush State", for the native plant of the same name; and as the "Sage-hen State". Native Americans of the Paiute, Shoshone, and Washoe tribes inhabit what is now Nevada. The first Europeans to explore the region were Spanish. They called the region Nevada (snowy) because of the snow which covered the mountains in winter, similar to the Sierra Nevada in Spain. The area formed from mostly Alta California and part of Nuevo México's territory within the Viceroyalty of New Spain, which gained independence as Mexico in 1821. The United States annexed the area in 1848 after its victory in the Mexican–American War, and it was incorporated as part of the New Mexico and Utah Territory in 1850. The discovery of silver at the Comstock Lode in 1859 led to a population boom that became an impetus to the creation of Nevada Territory out of western Utah Territory in 1861. Nevada became the 36th state on October 31, 1864, as the second of two states added to the Union during the Civil War (the first being West Virginia).

Nevada is known for its libertarian laws. In 1940, with a population of just over 110,000 people, Nevada was by far the least-populated state, with less than half the population of the next least-populous state, Wyoming. However, legalized gambling and lenient marriage and divorce laws transformed Nevada into a major tourist destination in the 20th century. Nevada is the only U.S. state where prostitution is legal, though it is illegal in its most populated regions – Clark County (Las Vegas), Washoe County (Reno) and Carson City (which, as an independent city, is not within the boundaries of any county). The tourism industry remains Nevada's largest employer, with mining continuing as a substantial sector of the economy: Nevada is the fourth-largest producer of gold in the world. (Full article...)

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Left to right: Bathory, Spencer, Moody, and Kael performing at 2017's Rock am Ring

Five Finger Death Punch, also abbreviated as 5FDP or FFDP, is an American heavy metal band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2005. The band originally consisted of vocalist Ivan Moody, guitarists Zoltan Bathory and Caleb Andrew Bingham, bassist Matt Snell, and drummer Jeremy Spencer. Bingham was replaced by guitarist Darrell Roberts in 2006, who was then replaced by Jason Hook in 2009. Bassist Matt Snell departed from the band in 2010, and was replaced by Chris Kael in 2011. Spencer then departed the band in 2018 due to recurring back issues, and was replaced by Charlie Engen, making Bathory and Moody the only members to appear on every album. In October 2020, British guitarist Andy James became the band's lead guitarist, replacing Jason Hook.

Five Finger Death Punch's debut album The Way of the Fist was released in 2007, which achieved rapid success and sold over 500,000 copies in the United States. The 2009 follow-up album War Is the Answer further increased their popularity, selling over 1,000,000 copies and being certified Platinum by the RIAA, the band's third album, American Capitalist, was released on October 11, 2011, and achieved Platinum status. The following four albums—The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1 (2013), The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 2 (2013), Got Your Six (2015), and And Justice for None (2018)—have all been certified Platinum or Gold, making Five Finger Death Punch one of the most successful heavy metal bands of the decade. The band has played international music festivals including Mayhem Festival in 2008, 2010, and 2013, and Download Festival in 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, and 2017. The band released their eighth studio album, F8, in 2020 and their ninth album AfterLife was released in 2022. (Full article...)

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Carson River at Dayton, Nevada

The Carson River is a northwestern Nevada river that empties into the Carson Sink, an endorheic basin. The main stem of the river is 131 miles (211 km) long although the addition of the East Fork makes the total length 205 miles (330 km), traversing five counties: Alpine County in California and Douglas, Storey, Lyon, and Churchill Counties in Nevada, as well as the Consolidated Municipality of Carson City, Nevada. The river is named for Kit Carson, who guided John C. Frémont's expedition westward up the Carson Valley and across Carson Pass in winter, 1844. The river made the National Priorities List (NPL) on October 30, 1990, as the Carson River Mercury Superfund site (CRMS) due to investigations that showed trace amounts of mercury in the wildlife and watershed sediments. (Full article...)

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Image 1Ranching in Washoe County (from Nevada)
Image 2Nevada quarter (from Nevada)
Image 3Nevada quarter (from Nevada)
Image 4The quartzite of Doso Doyabi in Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 5Downtown Reno (from Nevada)
Image 6A map that details the federal land in southern Nevada, showing Nellis Air Force Base Complex and Nevada Test Site (from Nevada)
Image 7Köppen climate types of Nevada, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Nevada)
Image 8Cattle near the Bruneau River in Elko County (from Nevada)
Image 9East Las Vegas suburbs (from Nevada)
Image 10Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 11A valley near Pyramid Lake (from Nevada)
Image 12Ethnic origins in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 13The quartzite of Doso Doyabi in Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 14East Las Vegas suburbs (from Nevada)
Image 15Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from Nevada)
Image 16Goldstrike (Post-Betze) Mine in the Carlin Trend, the largest Carlin-type deposit in the world, containing more than 35,000,000 troy ounces (1,100 t) gold (from Nevada)
Image 17U.S. Route 50, also known as "The Loneliest Road in America" (from Nevada)
Image 18Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Calico basin (from Nevada)
Image 19Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from Nevada)
Image 20The courthouse of the Supreme Court of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 21Nevada territory in 1861 (from Nevada)
Image 22The Nevada 1861 territory boundary (blue) changed three times: 1864 statehood shifted eastern border from 39th to 38th meridian, 1866 May 5; east border (pink) moved eastward 53.3 mi (85.8 km), from the 38th to 37th meridian, and 1867 January 18; south boundary (yellow) moved from the 37th parallel north southward to the current boundary (14 Stat. 43) (from History of Nevada)
Image 23Mount Charleston (from Nevada)
Image 24Sculpture representing a steam locomotive, in Ely, Nevada. Early locomotives played an important part in Nevada's mining industry. (from Nevada)
Image 25Goldstrike (Post-Betze) Mine in the Carlin Trend, the largest Carlin-type deposit in the world, containing more than 35,000,000 troy ounces (1,100 t) gold (from Nevada)
Image 26Population density map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 27Valley of Fire State Park (from Nevada)
Image 28The Las Vegas Strip looking South (from Nevada)
Image 29Downtown Reno (from Nevada)
Image 30U.S. Route 50, also known as "The Loneliest Road in America" (from Nevada)
Image 31Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from History of Nevada)
Image 32MGM Grand, with sign promoting it as The City of Entertainment (from Nevada)
Image 33Mountains west of Las Vegas in the Mojave Desert (from Nevada)
Image 34Bottle house in the mining ghost town of Rhyolite; built in 1906 with about 50,000 bottles (from Nevada)
Image 352024 U.S. presidential election results by county in Nevada
Democratic
Republican
(from Nevada)
Image 36The Nevada State Legislative Building in Carson City (from Nevada)
Image 37The Winnemucca Sand Dunes, north of Winnemucca (from Nevada)
Image 38The Las Vegas Strip looking South (from Nevada)
Image 39Mexico in 1824. Alta California included today's Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 40Mountains west of Las Vegas in the Mojave Desert (from Nevada)
Image 41Flag of Nevada, 1905–1915 (from History of Nevada)
Image 42Party Registration by County in Nevada (February 2025):
  Republican ≥ 30%
  Republican ≥ 40%
  Republican ≥ 50%
  Republican ≥ 60%
  Unaffiliated ≥ 30%
(from Nevada)
Image 43Population density map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 44Little Finland rock formation in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 45Bottle house in the mining ghost town of Rhyolite; built in 1906 with about 50,000 bottles (from Nevada)
Image 46State route shield (from Nevada)
Image 47MGM Grand, with sign promoting it as The City of Entertainment (from Nevada)
Image 48Little Finland rock formation in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 49Lake Tahoe on the Nevada–California border (from Nevada)
Image 50Köppen climate types of Nevada, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Nevada)
Image 51Carson City Mint in Carson City. Carson City is an independent city and the capital of Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 52Topographic map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 53Party Registration by County in Nevada (February 2025):
  Republican ≥ 30%
  Republican ≥ 40%
  Republican ≥ 50%
  Republican ≥ 60%
  Unaffiliated ≥ 30%
(from Nevada)
Image 54The 1931 gambling law helped enable the explosive growth of the Las Vegas area, where the population grew from five thousand in 1930 to over two million by 2013. (from History of Nevada)
Image 55Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Calico basin (from Nevada)
Image 56Topographic map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 57Winnemucca Lake petroglyphs; researchers dated the carvings to between 14,800 and 10,500 years ago. (from History of Nevada)
Image 58Sculpture representing a steam locomotive, in Ely, Nevada. Early locomotives played an important part in Nevada's mining industry. (from Nevada)
Image 59Cattle near the Bruneau River in Elko County (from Nevada)
Image 60Ruins of an early 20th-century mill, Winnemucca Mountain (from History of Nevada)
Image 61Ethnic origins in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 622024 U.S. presidential election results by county in Nevada
Democratic
Republican
(from Nevada)
Image 63Valley of Fire State Park (from Nevada)
Image 64Carson City Mint in Carson City. Carson City is an independent city and the capital of Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 65Mexico in 1824. Alta California included today's Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 66A map that details the federal land in southern Nevada, showing Nellis Air Force Base Complex and Nevada Test Site (from Nevada)
Image 67Ranching in Washoe County (from Nevada)
Image 68A burro-drawn wagon hauling lumber and supplies into Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1904. In 1903 only 36 people lived in the new town. By 1908 Goldfield was Nevada's largest city, with over 25,000 inhabitants. (from History of Nevada)
Image 69State route shield (from Nevada)
Image 70Map of counties in Nevada by racial plurality, per the 2020 census
Legend
- Non-Hispanic White
    30–40%
  
    50–60%
  
    60–70%
  
    70–80%
  
    80–90%
(from Nevada)
Image 71Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 72A valley near Pyramid Lake (from Nevada)
Image 73Nevada territory in 1861 (from Nevada)
Image 74The Winnemucca Sand Dunes, north of Winnemucca (from Nevada)
Image 75The courthouse of the Supreme Court of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 76Lake Tahoe on the Nevada–California border (from Nevada)
Image 77The Nevada State Legislative Building in Carson City (from Nevada)
Image 78Mount Charleston (from Nevada)
Image 79Map of counties in Nevada by racial plurality, per the 2020 census
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- Non-Hispanic White
    30–40%
  
    50–60%
  
    60–70%
  
    70–80%
  
    80–90%
(from Nevada)

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... that a subcontractor working on the tower of a Nevada TV station recorded footage of the PEPCON disaster as it unfolded nearby?
... that Nevada City Firehouse No. 2 was built after the city burned five times within ten years?
... that Lincoln Fitzgerald survived a 1949 murder attempt and went on to run three Nevada casinos?
... that a Nevada radio station once had a show that played Tongan music?

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Name	Type	County	Population (2020)	Population (2010)	Change	Land area (2020)		Population density	Incorporation date
Name	Type	County	Population (2020)	Population (2010)	Change	sq mi	km²	Population density	Incorporation date
Boulder City	City	Clark	14,885	15,023	−0.9%	208.52	540.1	71.4/sq mi (27.6/km²)	October 1, 1959
Reno†	City	Washoe	264,165	225,221	+17.3%	108.77	281.7	2,428.7/sq mi (937.7/km²)	March 16, 1903
Caliente	City	Lincoln	990	1,130	−12.4%	1.87	4.8	529.4/sq mi (204.4/km²)	October 1, 1959
Carlin	City	Elko	2,050	2,368	−13.4%	10.44	27.0	196.4/sq mi (75.8/km²)	October 22, 1925
Carson City‡	—	None	58,639	55,274	+6.1%	144.66	374.7	405.4/sq mi (156.5/km²)	March 1, 1875
Elko†	City	Elko	20,564	18,297	+12.4%	17.64	45.7	1,165.8/sq mi (450.1/km²)	March 14, 1917
Ely†	City	White Pine	3,924	4,255	−7.8%	7.64	19.8	513.6/sq mi (198.3/km²)	July 20, 1907
Fallon†	City	Churchill	9,327	8,606	+8.4%	3.63	9.4	2,569.4/sq mi (992.1/km²)	December 18, 1908
Fernley	City	Lyon	22,895	19,368	+18.2%	122.12	316.3	187.5/sq mi (72.4/km²)	July 1, 2001
Henderson	City	Clark	317,610	257,729	+23.2%	107.73	279.0	2,948.2/sq mi (1,138.3/km²)	June 8, 1953
Las Vegas†	City	Clark	641,903	583,756	+10.0%	135.81	351.7	4,726.5/sq mi (1,824.9/km²)	March 16, 1905

‡ State capital and independent city

† County seat

See List of cities in Nevada for a full list.

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