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Las Vegas (US: /lɑːsˈveɪɡəs/; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area and is the largest city within the greater Mojave Desert. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city, known primarily for its gambling, shopping, fine dining, entertainment, and nightlife. The Las Vegas Valley as a whole serves as the leading financial, commercial, and cultural center for Nevada.

The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous for its luxurious and extremely large casino-hotels together with their associated activities. It is a top three destination in the United States for business conventions and a global leader in the hospitality industry, claiming more AAA Five Diamond hotels than any other city in the world. Today, Las Vegas annually ranks as one of the world's most visited tourist destinations. The city's tolerance for numerous forms of adult entertainment earned it the title of "Sin City", and has made Las Vegas a popular setting for literature, films, television programs, and music videos.

Qitai County is located in the northeast of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, at the northern foot of Tianshan Mountain, at the southeast edge of Junggar Basin, 195 kilometers west of Urumqi City, is the border county of Changji Prefecture, Xinjiang, and has a first-class national port-Wulatai Port, which is open to Mongolia. Qitai County, with a total area of 19300 square kilometers, has jurisdiction over 7 towns and 8 townships, with Qitai central regiment farm and Beitashan pasture. The total population of the county is 240500 (2013), with ethnic minorities accounting for 25% of the total population. There is the only Tatar township in China. Qitai County has more than 20 kinds of mineral resources, such as coal, granite, iron, gold, silver, copper, mirabilite, graphite, limestone, bentonite, perlite and so on. In 2012, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Qitai County was 8.524 billion yuan, an increase of 1% over the same period in 2011.
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