Nevada

Nevada

a state of the western US: lies almost wholly within the Great Basin, a vast desert plateau; noted for production of gold and copper. Capital: Carson City. Pop.: 2 241 154 (2003 est.). Area: 284 612 sq. km (109 889 sq. miles)

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Nevada State Information

Phone: (775) 687-5000
www.nv.gov


Area (sq mi):: 110560.71 (land 109825.99; water 734.71) Population per square mile: 22.00
Population 2005: 2,414,807 State rank: 0 Population change: 2000-20005 20.80%; 1990-2000 66.30% Population 2000: 1,998,257 (White 65.20%; Black or African American 6.80%; Hispanic or Latino 19.70%; Asian 4.50%; Other 13.50%). Foreign born: 15.80%. Median age: 35.00
Income 2000: per capita $21,989; median household $44,581; Population below poverty level: 10.50% Personal per capita income (2000-2003): $30,437-$31,910
Unemployment (2004): 4.60% Unemployment change (from 2000): 0.10% Median travel time to work: 23.30 minutes Working outside county of residence: 5.20%

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List of Nevada counties:

Carson City (Independent City) Churchill County Clark County Douglas County Elko County Esmeralda County

Eureka County Humboldt County Lander County Lincoln County Lyon County Mineral County

Nye County Pershing County Storey County Washoe County White Pine County

Counties USA: A Directory of United States Counties, 3rd Edition. © 2006 by Omnigraphics, Inc.

Nevada Parks

• US National Parks

  Great Basin National Park

  Lake Mead National Recreation Area

• State Parks

  Beaver Dam State Park Belmont Courthouse State Historic Site Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area Cathedral Gorge State Park Cave Lake State Park Dayton State Park Echo Canyon State Park Elgin Schoolhouse State Historic Site

  Floyd Lamb State Park Fort Churchill State Historic Park Kershaw-Ryan State Park Lahontan State Recreation Area Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park Mormon Station State Historic Park Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park Rye Patch State Recreation Area South Fork State Recreation Area

  Spring Mountain Ranch State Park Spring Valley State Park Valley of Fire State Park Walker Lake State Recreation Area Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park Washoe Lake State Park Wild Horse State Recreation Area

• National Wildlife Refuges

  Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Desert National Wildlife Range

  Fallon National Wildlife Refuge Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge

  Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge

• National Scenic Byways

  Lake Tahoe Eastshore Drive

  Las Vegas Strip

  Pyramid Lake Scenic Byway

• National Forests

  Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest

Parks Directory of the United States, 5th Edition. © 2007 by Omnigraphics, Inc.

nevada

[nə′väd·ə]

(meteorology)

A cold wind descending from a mountain glacier or snowfield, for example, in the higher valleys of Ecuador.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

nevada

A cold wind descending from a mountain glacier or snowfield, for example, in the higher valleys of Ecuador.

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Nevada

Thirty-sixth state; admitted on October 31, 1864

Nevada Day is a legal holiday throughout the state observed the last Friday in October, but the most festive celebrations take place in Carson City, where the Admission Day parade has been held since 1938. There are historical Indian pageants, a costume ball, a Miss Nevada crowning, dancing, picnicking, games, and other events. Students have entered a historical essay contest since 1959, and the winners are awarded during the festivities.

State capital: Carson City Nicknames: Silver State; Sagebrush State; Battle-Born State State motto: All for Our Country State animal: Desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) State artifact: Tule duck State bird: Mountain bluebird (Sialia currucoides) State colors: Silver and blue State fish: Lahontan cutthroat trout (Salmo clarki henshawi) State flower: Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) State fossil: Ichthyosaur (Shonisaurus) State grass: Indian ricegrass (Oryzopsis hymenoides) State metal: Silver State precious gemstone: Virgin Valley Black Fire opal State reptile: Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) State rock: Sandstone State semi-precious gemstone: Turquoise State soil: Orovada series State song: “Home Means Nevada” State trees: Single-leaf piñon (Pinus monophylla) and Bristle­

cone pine (Pinus aristata)

More about state symbols at:

www.leg.state.nv.us/General/FACTS.cfm
dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/nsla/services/nvfacts.htm

SOURCES:

AmerBkDays-2000, p. 743
AnnivHol-2000, p. 180
DictDays-1988, p. 81

STATE OFFICES:

State web site:
www.nv.gov

Office of the Governor
101 N Carson St
Carson City, NV 89701
775-684-5670
fax: 775-684-5683
gov.state.nv.us

Secretary of State
101 N Carson St
Suite 3
Carson City, NV 89701
775-684-5708

fax: 775-684-5725 sos.state.nv.us

Nevada State Library & Archives 100 N Stewart St Carson City, NV 89701 775-684-3360 fax: 775-684-3330 dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/nsla

Legal Holidays:

Family Day	Nov 25, 2011; Nov 23, 2012; Nov 29, 2013; Nov 28, 2014; Nov 27, 2015; Nov 25, 2016; Nov 24, 2017; Nov 23, 2018; Nov 29, 2019; Nov 27, 2020; Nov 26, 2021; Nov 25, 2022; Nov 24, 2023
Nevada Day	Oct 28, 2011; Oct 26, 2012; Oct 25, 2013; Oct 31, 2014; Oct 30, 2015; Oct 28, 2016; Oct 27, 2017; Oct 26, 2018; Oct 25, 2019; Oct 30, 2020; Oct 29, 2021; Oct 28, 2022; Oct 27, 2023

Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary, Fourth Edition. © 2010 by Omnigraphics, Inc.

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Nevada

 

a state in the western USA. Area, 286,300 sq km; population, 489,000 (1970), of which 81 percent is urban. The capital is Carson City, and the most important cities are Las Vegas and Reno.

Most of the state lies in a mountainous area known as the Great Basin, which has no outflow. To the west are the spurs of the Sierra Nevada. The climate is continental and arid. The average January temperature in the lower elevations ranges from 0° to 2°C, and in July from 20° to 22°C. Annual precipitation amounts to about 200 mm (less than 100 mm in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada). The rivers have little water, and most of them dry up; the Colorado River is in the southeast. Vegetation is semidesert and desert.

Nevada is one of the least economically developed states in the USA, and it is the second least densely populated after Alaska. The mining industry is important (with some 4,000 employees). Nevada ranks second in the USA in the mining of gold (17,900 kg in 1970) and fifth in the mining of copper. Silver, tungsten, iron, manganese, molybdenum, polymetallic ores, and barite are also mined. Manufacturing is not very developed (with 8,000 employees in 1971). There are nonferrous metallurgical plants, small-scale enterprises of the food-processing, printing, and other industries. Hoover Dam, with its large hydroelectric power plant, is located in the southern part of the state, on the Colorado River. In 1972 the rated capacity of electric power plants amounted to 3.4 million kilowatts. The principal branch of agriculture is extensive livestock raising. In early 1972 there were 658,000 head of cattle and 204,000 head of sheep. Alfalfa, wheat, barley, and other crops are raised on irrigated land. Tourism is well developed.

IU. A. KOLOSOVA

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.