Nevada

Kadri RaudseppAts Aim

Sigrid Hüüdma

Saaremaa Ühisgümnaasium

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Location and Population

• West and southwest• 110,562 sq miles• Population: 2.7 million• Bordering states:

California, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and Arizona

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Cities

• Capital: Carson City• Largest city: Las

Vegas (567,641)• Largest metro area:

Las Vegas metropolitan area

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Symbols

• Motto: All for Our Country

• Flower: Sagebrush• Bird: Mountain

Bluebird • Song: Home Means

Nevada

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Historical Sites

• Las Vegas Mormon Fort

• Stokes Castle in Austin

• Pony Express Station in Elko

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Points of Interest

• Hoover Dam• Pyramid Lake• Lake Tahoe • Lehman Caves • Las Vegas

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Las Vegas

• Population: 1,902,834 • Gambling capital, Sin

City• Las Vegas Strip• 300 sunny days per

year

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Sources

• Drexel, College of Information Science and Technology, Nevada. URL=http://www.ipl.org/div/stateknow/nv1.html. January 31, 2011.

• Wikipedia, Las Vegas. URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas. January 31, 2011.

• Wikipedia, Nevada. URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada. January 31, 2011.

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Thank You!