tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68584567448285103782024-03-05T21:09:36.415+07:00Las VegasLas Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment.RCA.CNGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14070839029139060973noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6858456744828510378.post-32693352856757021292009-03-01T16:53:00.001+07:002009-03-01T17:19:19.486+07:00Las Vegas, Nevada<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Las Vegas</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>: <span lang="es"><i>The Meadows</i></span>) is the most populous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City" title="City">city</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada</a>, the seat of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_County,_Nevada" title="Clark County, Nevada">Clark County</a>, and an internationally renowned major <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resort" title="Resort">resort</a> city for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling" title="Gambling">gambling</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopping" title="Shopping">shopping</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment" title="Entertainment">entertainment</a>. Las Vegas, billed as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Entertainment_Capital_of_the_World" title="The Entertainment Capital of the World">The Entertainment Capital of the World</a>, is famous for the number of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino" title="Casino">casino</a> resorts and associated entertainment. A growing retirement and family city, it is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population" title="List of United States cities by population">28th most populous city</a> in the United States with an estimated population by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Census_Bureau" title="U.S. Census Bureau" class="mw-redirect">U.S. Census Bureau</a> of 603,093 <a href="http://www.lvrj.com/news/12144671.html" class="external free" title="http://www.lvrj.com/news/12144671.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.lvrj.com/news/12144671.html</a> as of 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-popest_0-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas,_Nevada#cite_note-popest-0" title=""><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> The estimated population of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas_metropolitan_area" title="Las Vegas metropolitan area">Las Vegas metropolitan area</a> as of 2007, was 1,986,146.<sup id="cite_ref-popmetro_1-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas,_Nevada#cite_note-popmetro-1" title=""><span>[</span>2<span>] </span></a></sup><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3FfyC4tmlfcSIWjnQQsQZjBKo6fRBClD-HxoBUsTYKuv-9dFQzs75QlD58JufTb1BZJK9YiM393DEW7yCpkEsX2-sXz5mw-iF__C3s1ng30XRjhqRejfs0nY-T5XECXngjEMRvREZHXM/s1600-h/Las_Vegas_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3FfyC4tmlfcSIWjnQQsQZjBKo6fRBClD-HxoBUsTYKuv-9dFQzs75QlD58JufTb1BZJK9YiM393DEW7yCpkEsX2-sXz5mw-iF__C3s1ng30XRjhqRejfs0nY-T5XECXngjEMRvREZHXM/s400/Las_Vegas_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308155789722176610" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Established in 1905, Las Vegas officially became a city in 1911. With the growth that followed, at the close of the century Las Vegas was the most populous American city founded in the 20th century (a distinction held by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> in the 19th century). The city's tolerance for various forms of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_entertainment" title="Adult entertainment" class="mw-redirect">adult entertainment</a> earned it the title of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin_City_%28description%29" title="Sin City (description)">Sin City</a>, and this image has made Las Vegas a popular setting for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film" title="Film">films</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_program" title="Television program">television programs</a>. Outdoor lighting displays are everywhere on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas_Strip" title="Las Vegas Strip">Las Vegas Strip</a> and are seen elsewhere in the city as well. As seen from space, the Las Vegas metropolitan area is the brightest on Earth.<sup id="cite_ref-geochange.er.usgs.gov_2-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas,_Nevada#cite_note-geochange.er.usgs.gov-2" title=""><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The name Las Vegas is often applied to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">unincorporated areas</a> that surround the city, especially the resort areas on and near the Las Vegas Strip. This 4 mile (6.5-km) stretch of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas_Boulevard" title="Las Vegas Boulevard">Las Vegas Boulevard</a> is partly in the Las Vegas <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_limits" title="City limits">city limits</a>, but mainly in the unincorporated communities of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise,_Nevada" title="Paradise, Nevada">Paradise</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester,_Nevada" title="Winchester, Nevada">Winchester</a>, and continues partly into unincorporated <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise,_Nevada" title="Enterprise, Nevada">Enterprise</a>.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mPUgt49STct-HoMr04Q9XjpqC_Zh4gwwLhr_Xu8pLO5z5daSXE2ZKL_mtesZgaGPxOxvstEyJ0CGhXXb8eFSncUQY3UUk4z77GWbyYDBpyJY7xW66ze8r7IzJvbClbz-1-bQzjPqcvk/s1600-h/Las_Vegas_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mPUgt49STct-HoMr04Q9XjpqC_Zh4gwwLhr_Xu8pLO5z5daSXE2ZKL_mtesZgaGPxOxvstEyJ0CGhXXb8eFSncUQY3UUk4z77GWbyYDBpyJY7xW66ze8r7IzJvbClbz-1-bQzjPqcvk/s400/Las_Vegas_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308155792616493762" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas,_Nevada">Wikipedia</a>, the free encyclopedia<br /></p>RCA.CNGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14070839029139060973noreply@blogger.com0