Nevada is a state located in the western region of the United States of America. The capital is Carson City and the largest city is Las Vegas. The state's official nickname is "The Silver State," due to the large number of silver deposits that were discovered and mined there. In 1864, Nevada became the 36th state to enter the union, and the phrase "Battle Born" on the state flag reflects the state's entry on the Union side during the American Civil War.
Much of Nevada is desolate wilderness, from the Mojave Desert in the south to the Great Basin in the north, and about 86% of the state's land is actually controlled by the US federal government under various jurisdictions including military.
Colleges and Universities:
Morrison University
Nevada System of Higher Education
University of Nevada, Reno (UNR)
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)
Nevada State College at Henderson
Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC)
Great Basin College
College of Southern Nevada (CSN)
Western Nevada Community College
Sierra Nevada College
Touro University Nevada
University of Southern Nevada
Sports:
Las Vegas Gladiators, Arena Football League
Las Vegas 51s, minor league baseball
Las Vegas Wranglers, East Coast Hockey League
Sin City Neanderdolls, Roller Derby
Reno Silver Sox, Golden Baseball League
Reno Raiders, ECHL
UNLV Rebels
University of Nevada Wolf Pack
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Recreation areas maintained by the National Park Service:
California National Historic Trail
Death Valley National Park
Great Basin National Park near Baker
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Old Spanish National Historic Trail
Pony Express National Historic Trail
Southern Nevada:
Mount Charleston and the Mount Charleston Wilderness Area
Mountains National Recreation Area
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
Bootleg Canyon Mountain Bike Park
Ash Meadows National Wildlife Preserve
The Bureau of Economic Analysis estimates that Nevada's total state product in 2003 was $88 billion. Resort areas such as Las Vegas, Reno, Lake Tahoe, and Laughlin attract visitors from around the world. Per capita personal income in 2003 was $31,910, 19th in the nation. Its agricultural outputs are cattle, hay, alfalfa, dairy products, onions and potatoes. Its industrial outputs are tourism, mining, machinery, printing and publishing, food processing, and electric equipment. Prostitution is legal in parts of Nevada in the form of brothels but only counties with populations under 400,000 people can legalize it, and those counties may choose to outlaw it if they wish. Prostitution is illegal in Clark County (where Las Vegas sits), Washoe County (where Reno sits), and several other counties around the state.
In portions of the state outside of the Las Vegas and Reno metropolitan areas, mining and cattle ranching are the major economic activities. By value, gold is by far the most important mineral mined. In 2004, 6.8 million ounces of gold worth $2.84 billion were mined in Nevada, and the state accounted for 8.7% of world gold production. Silver is a distant second, with 10.3 million ounces worth $69 million mined in 2004. Other minerals mined in Nevada include construction aggregates, copper, gypsum, diotomite and lithium. Despite its rich deposits, the cost of mining in Nevada is generally high, and output is very sensitive to world commodity prices.
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