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-- Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 180,480, making it the second-largest city in Nevada. Current census estimates, however, show the city's population has grown to 210,255 as of 2006, but the city is now the third largest in the state, following Las Vegas and Henderson.[1] Reno lies 26 miles (42 km) north of the Nevada state capital, Carson City, and 22 miles (35 km) northeast of Lake Tahoe in a Shrub-steppe. The area of western Nevada and the California Sierra Nevada anchored by Reno has a population of approximately 700,000 people. Reno anchors over 1,250,000 of both seasonal and permanent residents. Reno shares its eastern border with the city of Sparks. Reno, known as The Biggest Little City in the World, is famous for its casinos