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| Consolidated Municipality of Carson City, Nevada | |||
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| Motto: Proud of its Past...Confident of its Future | |||
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| Founded | 1858 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Marv Teixeira | ||
| Area | |||
| - City | 403.2 km² (155.7 sq mi) | ||
| - Water | 31.9 km² (12.3 sq mi) 7.91% | ||
| Elevation | 1,463 m (4,802 ft) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - City | 57,701 | ||
| - Density | 141/km² (365.2/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | Pacific (UTC-8) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | Pacific (UTC-7) | ||
| Website: www.carson-city.nv.us | |||
The Consolidated Municipality of Carson City is the capital of the State of Nevada. A 2006 population estimate places its population at 57,701. . Carson City is now an independent city and is its own Metropolitan Statistical Area. Like many towns in Nevada, Carson City was founded in the boom days of mining. A center of silver mining, Carson City was the county seat of the former Ormsby County and was named for explorer Kit Carson.
Carson City has the distinction of being the smallest of the 361 Metropolitan Statistical Areas as designated by the United States Census Bureau (as of July 1, 2004).
The largest nearby city to Carson City is Reno, about 30 miles to the north. Carson City is one of only two capital cities in the United States that borders another state; the other is Trenton, New Jersey.
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