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  1. The Las Vegas Valley is a major metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada, and the second largest in the Southwestern United States. The state's largest urban agglomeration, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Statistical Area is coextensive since 2003 with Clark County, Nevada. [2]

  2. 3 days ago · Las Vegas, city, seat (1909) of Clark county, southeastern Nevada, known for its casinos and elaborate hotels. The only major city in the American West to have been founded in the 20th century, it grew from a tiny, desert-bound railroad service center to the country’s fastest-growing metropolis at century’s end.

  3. The Las Vegas Valley, a 600 sq mi (1,600 km 2) basin, includes Las Vegas and other major cities and communities such as North Las Vegas, Henderson, and the unincorporated community of Paradise. Native Americans lived in the Las Vegas Valley beginning over 10,000 years ago.

  4. The Valley is largely defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a 600 sq mi (1,600 km2) basin area surrounded by mountains to the north, south, east and west of the metropolitan area. The Valley is home to the three largest incorporated cities in Nevada: Las Vegas, Henderson and North Las Vegas.

  5. History. People. References. Las Vegas. Coordinates: 115°08′11″W. Las Vegas is a city in the American state of Nevada. There were 641,903 people living in the city in 2020, and more than 2,000,000 people living in the metropolitan area. It is the largest city in Nevada. Las Vegas is also the county seat of Clark County .