Downtown Reno, Nevada
Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada-California border, about north from Lake Tahoe, known as "The Biggest Little City in the World". Known for its casino and tourism industry, Reno is the county seat and largest city of Washoe County, Nevada, Washoe County and sits in the High Eastern Sierra foothills, in the Truckee River valley, on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada. The Reno metro area (along with the neighboring city Sparks, Nevada, Sparks) occupies a valley colloquially known as the Truckee Meadows which because of large-scale investments from Greater Seattle and San Francisco Bay Area companies such as Amazon (company), Amazon, Tesla, Inc., Tesla, Panasonic, Microsoft, Apple Inc., Apple, and Google has become a new list of technology centers, major technology center in the United States. The city is named after Civil War Union Major General Jesse L. Reno, who was killed in action during the American Civil War at the ...
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List Of Cities In Nevada
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 inhabitants, but the 7th largest by land area spanning . Nevada is divided into 17 counties and contains 19 incorporated municipalities. Nevada's incorporated municipalities cover only of the state's land mass but are home to of its population. Incorporated places in the state are legally described as cities, except for the state capital Carson City, which has no legal description but is considered an independent city as it is not located in any county. To incorporate, a petition for incorporation can be made to the board of county commissioners, who consider numerous geographic, demographic, and economic factors. Cities are categorized by population for the purpose of determining the number of wards and council election structure as well as the number of city clerks: cities with 50,000 or more inhabitants are in population category o ...
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