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Las Vegas is the most populous city in the state of Nevada, United States, and a major vacation, shopping, entertainment and gambling destination. It was established in 1905, officially became a city in 1911 and became the largest American city founded in the 20th century.

Having been late to develop an urban core of any substantial size, Las Vegas has retained very affordable real estate prices in comparison to nearby urban centers. Consequently, the city has recently enjoyed an enormous boom both in population and in tourism. However, as a New York Times series on the city reported in 2004, the median price of housing in the Las Vegas Valley is now at or above the nationwide median. The urban area has grown outward so quickly that it is beginning to run into the Bureau of Land Management holdings along its edges, increasing land values enough that medium- and high-density development is beginning to occur closer to the core...learn more

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A good amount of information such as above is provided by Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For more information on Las Vegas, Nevada, please visit the website link. This link will provide further details such as demographics, economy, culture, etc.

Las Vegas, Nevada, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Las_Vegas%2C_Nevada&oldid=71965486 (last visited August 26, 2006).

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