# Nevada

> state of the United States of America

**Wikidata**: [Q1227](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1227)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/nevada

## Summary
Nevada is a U.S. state (the “State of Nevada”) in the contiguous United States. It is located in the United States and has Carson City as its capital. Nevada is also known by the nickname “Silver State” (also “The Silver State”).

## Key Facts
- **Entity type**: U.S. state (constituent political entity of the United States of America).
- **Official name (native label)**: State of Nevada.
- **Description**: State of the United States of America.
- **Country / located in**: United States.
- **Part of**: Contiguous United States (the 48 states plus Washington, D.C.).
- **Inception (statehood date)**: 1864-10-31.
- **Preceded by**: Nevada Territory (inception: 1861-03-02).
- **Capital**: Carson City (independent city in and capital of Nevada; inception: 1858).
- **Nicknames / aliases**: Nevada; State of Nevada; NV; Nev.; US-NV; Silver State; The Silver State.
- **Motto**: “All For Our Country”.
- **Demonyms**: Nevadan; Nevadans; nevadense; nevadenses; Névadain; Névadains; Névadaine; Névadaines; Névadais; Névadaise; Névadaises; nevadani.
- **Postal / region codes**: US-NV; NV; NEV; numeric code “32” (also listed as US32 and “32”).
- **Coordinates (listed)**: lat 39, lon -117; also lat 39.3289, lon -116.6312.
- **Northernmost point (listed)**: lat 42, lon -117.
- **Area**: 286,380.0.
- **Elevation (listed)**: 1,676.0.
- **Population (multiple values provided)**: 77,407.0; 81,875.0; 91,058.0; 110,247.0; 160,083.0; 285,278.0; 488,738.0; 800,493.0; 1,201,833.0; 1,998,257.0; 2,700,551.0; 2,890,845.0; 3,104,614.0.
- **HDI (listed)**: 0.72.
- **Website**: https://nv.gov/
- **Flag**: Flag of Nevada.svg.
- **Seal**: State Seal of Nevada.svg (listed in multiple properties).
- **Locator map**: Nevada in United States.svg.
- **Banner image**: Red Rock Canyon, Nevada banner.jpg.
- **Open data / identifiers (selected)**: MusicBrainz area ID ab47b3b2-838d-463c-9907-30dcd3438d65; GeoNames ID 5509151; OSM relation ID 165473; GNIS feature ID 1779793.
- **Sitelink count (listed)**: 230.
- **Named after**: Q26777 (entity not specified in the provided material).
- **Award received**: Q3381638 (award entity not specified in the provided material).
- **Wikimedia Commons category**: Nevada.
- **Pronunciation media (listed)**: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Nevada.wav; En-us-nevada.ogg; En-us-Nevada.ogg; Fr-Nevada.oga.
- **Internet domains (listed)**: nv.gov; nevada.gov; state.nv.us; nv.us.

## FAQs

**What is Nevada?**  
Nevada is a state of the United States of America. It is part of the contiguous United States and is also referred to as the “State of Nevada.”

**When was Nevada established as a state, and what came before it?**  
Nevada’s inception is listed as 1864-10-31. It was preceded by the Nevada Territory, which has an inception date of 1861-03-02.

**What is Nevada’s capital?**  
Carson City is the capital of Nevada. It is described as an independent city in and the capital of Nevada, United States.

**What are Nevada’s nickname, motto, and demonyms?**  
Nevada is nicknamed the “Silver State” (also “The Silver State”). Its motto is “All For Our Country,” and its demonyms include “Nevadan” and “Nevadans” (among other language forms provided).

**What identifiers and codes are associated with Nevada?**  
Nevada is associated with codes such as US-NV, NV, and NEV, and it is also linked to many catalog and geographic identifiers (e.g., GeoNames 5509151 and OSM relation 165473). The provided material also lists multiple web domains including nv.gov and nevada.gov.

**What geographic figures are provided for Nevada?**  
The entry lists coordinates (lat 39, lon -117) and another coordinate pair (lat 39.3289, lon -116.6312), plus a northernmost-point coordinate (lat 42, lon -117). It also lists an area value of 286,380.0 and an elevation value of 1,676.0.

**What population and development metrics are included?**  
Multiple population values are provided, ranging from 77,407.0 up to 3,104,614.0 (as listed). An HDI value of 0.72 is also included.

## Why It Matters
Nevada matters as one of the 50 constituent political entities that make up the United States, and it is explicitly part of the contiguous United States. As a state with its own capital (Carson City) and official identity (“State of Nevada”), it functions as a core administrative division within the U.S. federal system. The provided data also shows Nevada’s broad footprint across geographic, governmental, and information systems through extensive identifiers, official symbols (flag and seal), and official web presence (nv.gov).

## Notable For
- Being a **U.S. state** with inception (statehood) listed as **1864-10-31**.
- Having a defined predecessor entity: **Nevada Territory** (inception **1861-03-02**).
- Capital city: **Carson City**, described as an independent city and the capital of Nevada.
- Nickname: **“Silver State”** / **“The Silver State”**.
- Motto: **“All For Our Country”**.
- Extensive standardized identifiers and codes, including **US-NV**, **NV**, **NEV**, **GeoNames 5509151**, and **OSM relation 165473**.
- Official symbols and media assets are explicitly listed: **Flag of Nevada.svg**, **State Seal of Nevada.svg**, and **Nevada in United States.svg**.

## Body

### Identity and classification
Nevada is described as a **state of the United States of America** and is explicitly an **instance of a U.S. state** (a constituent political entity of the United States). It is also labeled as the **State of Nevada** and is associated with aliases including **NV**, **Nev.**, **US-NV**, **Silver State**, and **The Silver State**.

### Political and administrative placement
- **Country / located in**: United States.  
- **Part of**: **contiguous United States** (the 48 states plus Washington, D.C.).  
- **Capital**: **Carson City**, described as an independent city in and the capital of Nevada, United States (inception listed as 1858).

### Historical lineage
- **Inception (statehood)**: **1864-10-31**.  
- **Preceded by**: **Nevada Territory**, described as a former organized incorporated territory of the U.S., with inception **1861-03-02**.

### Names, motto, and demonyms
- **Official name (native label)**: **State of Nevada**.  
- **Nickname(s)**: **Silver State** / **The Silver State**.  
- **Motto**: **All For Our Country**.  
- **Demonyms (as listed)**: Nevadan; Nevadans; nevadense; nevadenses; Névadain; Névadains; Névadaine; Névadaines; Névadais; Névadaise; Névadaises; nevadani.

### Geography and basic physical figures (as provided)
- **Coordinates (listed)**: **lat 39, lon -117**.  
- **Additional coordinates (listed)**: **lat 39.3289, lon -116.6312**.  
- **Northernmost point (listed)**: **lat 42, lon -117**.  
- **Area (listed)**: **286,380.0**.  
- **Elevation (listed)**: **1,676.0**.

### Population and development indicators (as provided)
The source material provides multiple population values for Nevada:
- **77,407.0; 81,875.0; 91,058.0; 110,247.0; 160,083.0; 285,278.0; 488,738.0; 800,493.0; 1,201,833.0; 1,998,257.0; 2,700,551.0; 2,890,845.0; 3,104,614.0**.  
It also lists:
- **HDI (listed)**: **0.72**.

### Official web presence and domains
- **Official website**: https://nv.gov/  
- **Domains listed**: **nv.gov**, **nevada.gov**, **state.nv.us**, **nv.us**.

### Symbols and media assets
- **Flag**: Flag of Nevada.svg.  
- **Seal**: State Seal of Nevada.svg (appears in multiple properties).  
- **Locator map**: Nevada in United States.svg.  
- **Banner image**: Red Rock Canyon, Nevada banner.jpg.  
- **Pronunciation audio files (listed)**: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Nevada.wav; En-us-nevada.ogg; En-us-Nevada.ogg; Fr-Nevada.oga.

### Codes and standardized identifiers (selected highlights)
Nevada is linked to many external identifiers and classification systems in the provided material, including:
- **ISO/region-style code**: **US-NV**; abbreviations **NV** and **Nev.**; also **NEV**.
- **GeoNames**: **5509151**.
- **OSM (OpenStreetMap) relation**: **165473**.
- **GNIS feature ID**: **1779793**.
- **MusicBrainz area**: **ab47b3b2-838d-463c-9907-30dcd3438d65**.
- Additional library/authority identifiers are listed (e.g., VIAF 130694101; GND 4041996-4; LCCN n79072716; BNF 176535012; NDL 000975918; and many others in the source material).

### Related and connected entities (from provided relationships)
The provided material links Nevada to a large set of related entities, including (non-exhaustive categories shown with examples explicitly listed in the source):

#### Capital and major related geographic concept
- **Carson City** (capital; independent city in Nevada).
- **Sierra Nevada** (mountain range in the Western United States; listed as related).
- **U.S. state** (the class of which Nevada is an instance).

#### Counties in Nevada (examples explicitly listed)
- **Churchill County** (inception 1861).
- **Douglas County** (inception 1861).
- **Elko County** (inception 1869-03-05).
- **Esmeralda County** (inception 1861-11-25).
- **Storey County** (inception 1861).
- **Lander County** (inception 1861).
- **Humboldt County** (inception 1856).
- **Clark County** (inception 1909-07-01).
- **Lincoln County** (inception 1861).
- **Pershing County** (inception 1919).
- **Nye County** (inception 1864).
- **Washoe County** (inception 1861).
- **Mineral County** (inception 1911).
- **Eureka County** (inception 1873).
- **Ormsby County** (former county; 1861–1969).

#### Landforms, deserts, basins, rivers, and lakes (examples explicitly listed)
- **Mojave Desert**; **Great Basin Desert**; **Black Rock Desert**; **Smoke Creek Desert**.
- **Great Basin** (large depression in western United States).
- **Colorado River**; **Carson River**; **Walker River**; **Salmon Falls Creek**.
- **Lake Tahoe** (California and Nevada); **Walker Lake**; **Topaz Lake** (human settlement); **Lake Lahontan** (listed both as a Pleistocene lake and as a lake in Nevada); **Lake Bonneville** (former pluvial lake in Utah, Nevada, Idaho).

#### Mountain ranges and peaks in/including Nevada (examples explicitly listed)
- Ranges: **Ruby Mountains**, **East Humboldt Range**, **Toquima Range**, **Shoshone Mountains**, **Marys River Range**, **Arrow Canyon Range**, **Funeral Mountains**, **Eldorado Mountains**, **Groom Range**, **Hot Creek Range**, **Meadow Valley Mountains**, **Tuscarora Mountains**, **Sonoma Range**, and others listed.
- Peaks/mountains: **Tikaboo Peak**, **Mount Moriah**, **Mount Rose**, **Ruby Dome**, **Marys River Peak**, **Jarbidge Peak**, and others listed.

#### Protected areas, parks, and monuments (examples explicitly listed)
- **Gold Butte National Monument** (inception 2016-12-28).
- **Cathedral Gorge State Park** (inception 1935-01-01).
- **Cave Lake State Park** (inception 1973-01-01).
- **Fort Churchill State Historic Park** (inception 1957-01-01).
- **Inyo National Forest** (California and Nevada; inception 1907-05-25).

#### Transportation infrastructure (examples explicitly listed)
- Interstates: **Interstate 15** (inception 1957), **Interstate 80** (inception 1956), **Interstate 11** (inception 2017-08-16).
- U.S. Routes: **U.S. Route 50** (inception 1926), **U.S. Route 6** (inception 1926), **U.S. Route 395** (inception 1926).
- Nevada state routes (examples explicitly listed): **SR 265, 293, 317, 319, 373, 374, 425, 487, 562, 573, 574, 578, 579, 582, 599, 610, 722, 773, 823, 844, 854, 895** (many with inception 1976; SR 582 inception 1991; SR 562 inception 1976-04-27).

#### Airports in Nevada (examples explicitly listed)
- **Harry Reid International Airport** (near Las Vegas).
- **Reno–Tahoe International Airport**.
- **North Las Vegas Airport**.
- **Henderson Executive Airport**.
- **Carson Airport**.
- **Boulder City Municipal Airport**.
- **Elko Regional Airport**; **Ely Airport**; **Fallon Municipal Airport**; **Winnemucca Municipal Airport**; **Yerington Municipal Airport**; **Wells Municipal Airport**; and many others listed (e.g., Jean Airport, Tonopah Airport, Derby Field, Desert Rock Airport, Beatty Airport, Battle Mountain Airport).

#### Energy, industry, and major facilities (examples explicitly listed)
- **Nevada Solar One** (concentrated solar power station).
- **Nellis Solar Power Plant** (photovoltaic power station / solar park).
- **Giga Nevada** (lithium-ion battery factory; inception 2014).
- **Mohave Power Station** (decommissioned coal-fired power plant in Laughlin, Nevada).
- **Nevada National Security Site** (DOE reservation in southeastern Nye County; inception 1950-12-18).
- **Nellis Air Force Base** (USAF installation in Clark County; inception dates listed 1941 and 1937-01-11).
- **Tonopah Test Range** (restricted military installation) and **Tonopah Test Range Airport**.

#### Cities/settlements and communities (examples explicitly listed)
The source lists many Nevada human settlements and communities, including **Sandy Valley**, **Carter Springs**, **Ruhenstroth**, **Vya**, **Glendale**, **Moapa Valley**, **Fallon Station**, **Lakeridge**, **Lemmon Valley**, **Cold Springs**, **Crystal Bay**, **Cottonwood Cove**, **Carrara**, **Coaldale**, **Sunnyside**, and others, plus ghost towns such as **Stillwater**, **Galena**, **Rawhide**, and **Logan**.

#### Tourism, entertainment, and built attractions in Nevada (examples explicitly listed)
A large set of Las Vegas–area hotels, casinos, venues, and attractions are listed, including:
- Casinos/hotels/resorts: **Flamingo Las Vegas** (inception 1946-12-26), **Golden Nugget Las Vegas** (inception 1946), **Riviera Hotel and Casino** (inception 1955), **Sands Hotel and Casino** (inception 1952; operated 1952–1996), **Tropicana Las Vegas** (inception 1957), **The Venetian** (inception 1997), **Paris Las Vegas** (inception 1999-09-01), **Palms Casino Resort** (inception 2001), **The Orleans** (inception 1996), **Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas** (inception 2004-04), **Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas** (inception 2009), **Vdara** (inception 2009), **Encore** (inception 2008), **Trump Hotel Las Vegas** (inception 2008-03-31), and others listed.
- Attractions/venues: **Fremont Street Experience** (inception 1995-07), **Las Vegas Convention Center**, **Fashion Show Mall** (inception 1981), **The Forum Shops at Caesars** (inception 1992-05-11), **Smith Center for the Performing Arts** (inception 2012-03-10), **Michelob Ultra Arena**, **Orleans Arena** (inception 2003-05-25), **Cox Pavilion** (inception 2001), **Adventuredome** (inception 1993-08-23), **Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay** (inception 2000), **Neon Museum** (inception 1996), **National Atomic Testing Museum** (inception 2005).

#### Organizations and institutions (examples explicitly listed)
- **University of Nevada, Las Vegas** (public research university in Paradise, Nevada; inception 1957-09-10; employees listed as 5431.0).
- **Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno** (inception 1931; headquarters in Reno).
- **Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Las Vegas** (inception dates listed 2023-05-30 and 1995-03-21; headquarters in Las Vegas).
- **Ultimate Fighting Championship** (American MMA promotion; inception 1993; headquarters listed in Las Vegas and another location).
- **Internet Infidels** (American nonprofit; inception 1995; headquarters listed in Las Vegas and another location).

#### Other “Nevada” references listed as related
- **USS Nevada** (1985 Ohio-class submarine).
- **USS Nevada** (1914 Nevada-class battleship).
- **nevadaite** (phosphate mineral).

### Congressional districts (as listed)
- **Nevada’s 2nd congressional district** (northern Nevada).
- **Nevada’s 3rd congressional district** (southern Nevada).
- **Nevada’s 4th congressional district** (central Nevada).

### Metadata and cataloging footprint
The entry includes a very large set of authority control, library, and dataset identifiers (e.g., VIAF, GND, LCCN, BNF, NDL, and many others). These identifiers support consistent referencing of Nevada across mapping systems, catalogs, and knowledge bases, and they are part of the provided structured properties for the entity.

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