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The traditional abbreviations for U.S. states and territories, widely used in mailing addresses prior to the introduction of two-letter U.S. postal abbreviations, are still commonly used for other purposes (such as legal citation), and are still recognized (though discouraged) by the Postal Service. [12]
Nevada ( / nəˈvædəˌ - vɑː -/ ⓘ nə-VAD-ə, -VAH-, [ 4][ 5] Spanish: [neˈβaða]) is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States. [ c] It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, the 32nd-most ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Nevada: Nevada – U.S. state in the intermountain west region of the United States. Nevada is mostly desert or semiarid. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, [1] and about 86% of the state's land is owned by the US ...
Template. : US State Abbrev. { { {1}}} This template is used on approximately 18,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them. Input a state abbreviation, output is the full state ...
List of counties in Nevada. There are 16 counties and one independent city in the U.S. state of Nevada. On November 25, 1861, the first Nevada Territorial Legislature established nine counties. [ 1] Nevada was admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864, with 11 counties. [ 1] In 1969, Ormsby County and Carson City were consolidated into a single ...
Website. www .unlv .edu. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas ( UNLV) is a public land-grant [ a] research university in Paradise, Nevada. The 332-acre (134 ha) [ 5] campus is about 1.6 mi (2.6 km) east of the Las Vegas Strip. It was formerly part of the University of Nevada from 1957 to 1969.
Nevada is a state located in the Western United States. According to the 2020 United States Census, it is the 32nd most populous state, with 3,104,614 inhabitants, [1] but the 7th largest by land area spanning 109,781.18 square miles (284,332.0 km 2). [2] Nevada is divided into 17 counties and contains 19 municipalities. [3]
List of Nevada area codes. This is a list of telephone area codes in the state of Nevada . 702: The southeastern tip of Nevada, including the Las Vegas metropolitan area. 725: An overlay area code for the 702 area code effective June 2014. 775: All of Nevada outside the southeastern corner, including Reno and Carson City. Under the original ...