North Las Vegas
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Location in Nevada
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Basic data | |
Foundation : | May 16, 1946 |
State : | United States |
State : | Nevada |
County : | Clark County |
Coordinates : | 36 ° 14 ′ N , 115 ° 9 ′ W |
Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) |
Residents : | 238,702 (as of 2016) |
Population density : | 1,174.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
Area : | 203.3 km 2 (approx. 78 mi 2 ) of which 203.3 km 2 (approx. 78 mi 2 ) is land |
Height : | 565 m |
Postcodes : | 89030-89033, 89036, 89081, 89084-89087 |
Area code : | +1 702 |
FIPS : | 32-51800 |
GNIS ID : | 0847435 |
Website : | www.cityofnorthlasvegas.com |
Mayor : | John Jay Lee |
Outskirts of North Las Vegas surrounded by the Las Vegas Range Mountains (2006) |
North Las Vegas is a city in Clark County in the US state of Nevada . The city is located in the greater Las Vegas area and thus belongs to the Las Vegas metropolitan area, in which over 2 million people live. North Las Vegas, like Las Vegas itself, is currently one of the fastest growing cities in the United States. The population of North Las Vegas has more than quintupled since 1980.
The city also has Nellis Air Force Base and North Las Vegas Airport .
The Sky Haven Airport since 1 December 1941. The city was incorporated on May 16, 1946th
Population development
year | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2014 |
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Residents | 42,739 | 47,849 | 115,488 | 216.961 | 230,788 |
Partnerships
North Las Vegas has had a partnership with the Jiangbei District of Chongqing , People's Republic of China , since 2015 .
sons and daughters of the town
- Zach Collins (born 1997), basketball player
See also
Web links
Commons : North Las Vegas - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Quickfacts: North Las Vegas ( Memento of the original from June 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Chongqing Municipal Government