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| Interesting Facts Map | Capital: Carson City Largest City: Las Vegas |  |
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Interesting Facts ~ Nevada is the 31st most populous and the 7th most extensive of the 50 states ~ ~The state attained statehood on October 31, 1864, becoming the 36th state to join the union ~ ~ Nicknames include the Silver State, the Sagebrush State, and the Battle Born State ~ ~ Las Vegas Strip lies in the unincorporated towns of Paradise and Winchester ~ ~ Carson City is Nevada’s capital and operates as an independent city ~ ~ Has 16 counties plus one independent city ~ ~ Great Basin National Park is Nevada’s only national park wholly within the state ~ ~ Death Valley National Park also extends into Nevada ~ ~ U.S. Route 50 across central Nevada is widely called “The Loneliest Road in America” ~ ~ U.S. Route 95 is Nevada’s longest highway ~ ~ Hoover Dam straddles the Nevada, Arizona, border on the Colorado River ~ ~ Hoover Dam created Lake Mead, the largest U.S. reservoir by capacity when full ~ ~ Name “Nevada” comes from Spanish for “snow-covered” ~ ~ Has more than 300 distinct mountain ranges ~ ~ Lake Tahoe is the second-deepest lake in the United States ~ ~ Spans parts of the Great Basin and the Mojave Desert ~ ~ Driest U.S. state by average annual precipitation ~ ~ State’s official motto is “All for Our Country” ~ ~ State song is “Home Means Nevada,” adopted in 1933 ~ ~ State flower is sagebrush ~ State bird is the mountain bluebird ~ ~ State animal is the desert bighorn sheep ~ State fish is the Lahontan cutthroat trout ~ ~ State trees are the single-leaf pinyon and the bristlecone pine ~ ~ Four-fifths of Nevada’s land is administered by the federal government ~ ~ State’s highest point is Boundary Peak at 13,147 ft (4,007 m) ~ ~ Lowest point is along the Colorado River ~ ~ Highest mountain entirely within Nevada is Wheeler Peak at 13,065 ft (3,982 m) ~ ~ Valley of Fire, dedicated in 1934 and designated in 1935, is Nevada’s oldest state park ~ ~ Mojave Desert covers Nevada’s southern tip around Las Vegas ~ ~ Clark County contains roughly three-quarters of Nevada’s residents ~ ~ Las Vegas metropolitan area draws around 40 million visitors in a typical year ~ ~ Red Rock Canyon’s scenic loop is 13 mi (21 km) long and popular with drivers and cyclists ~ ~ Leads the USA in gold production each year ~ ~~~~~~~~ |
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