 Nevada
is a state that is situated in the west side of the
United States. The world-famous Las Vegas is the largest
city in this state and its capital city is Carson City.
This state has been nicknamed as the Silver State
because of the silver deposits that were discovered and
mined in Nevada. In terms of area, Nevada is considered
to be the 7th largest state in the United States.
The U.S federal government owns about eighty-six percent of
the land here. In the 2008 census, it was found that
there are about 2.6 million people living in Nevada and
of this number; more than 4/5th of the people are living
in the metropolitan cities like Reno and Las Vegas.
The Spring Mountain Range, which is situated on the west
of Las Vegas, is the largest mountain range in the south
of Nevada.
The state basically consists of desert areas
where the temperatures during the day may be extremely
warm and the temperatures during the night may be very
low (during the summer months).
Most of the people
living in the state of Nevada are Roman Catholics that
accounts for about twenty-seven percent of the
population of the state of Nevada.
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