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ID: 7007526
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Record Type: administrative |
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Nevada (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 40 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 115 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -115.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Inhabited by 18,000 BCE; later Basket Makers and Pueblo Indians flourished; Mohave, Paiute, Shoshoni, Washoe & others were here when Spanish came in 18th cen.; European-Americans arrived in 19th cen.; went to USA after Mexican War in 1848; was pro-Union. |
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| Nevada (preferred,C,V)
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............ | name is derived from Spanish term meaning "snowed upon," referring to snow-covered mountains |
| NV (C,V,USPS)
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| state (preferred, B) |
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since October 31, 1864 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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