Cities

Las Vegas

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Las Vegas." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/las-vegas.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Las Vegas. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/las-vegas

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-las-vegas,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Las Vegas},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/las-vegas},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Las Vegas, colloquially shortened to Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County. It is the 24th-most populous city in the United States, with 641,903 residents at the 2020 census.

Facts

Population

641,903 1

Area (sq km)

367.53 1

Founding Year

1905 1

Population Estimate Year

2020 1

Elevation (m)

610 1

Latitude

36.1672 degrees north 1

Longitude

115.1486 degrees west 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

United States

Source Las Vegas (Wikipedia)

On Continent

North America

Sources

1. Las Vegas (Wikipedia)

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Las Vegas, colloquially shortened to Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County. It is the 24th-most populous city in the United States, with 641,903 residents at the 2020 census.

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