The city of Reno is in Nevada state, United States. The city is a popular resort with big gambling casinos and serves as a gateway to a region of magnificent scenery and outdoor-recreation spots. It has gained a reputation as a place to obtain a divorce easily due to liberal state regulations. A commercial, distribution, and manufacturing centre situated in a livestock-raising and mining region, its products include building materials, electronic equipment, and metal and wood items.

In Reno are the University of Nevada-Reno (1874), the Nevada Museums of Art, and the William F. Harrah Foundation National Automobile Museum, which includes antique, vintage, and classic cars.

The site of present-day Reno was settled about 1858 and was subsequently known as Lake's Crossing. The population of the community grew after a large silver deposit, the Comstock Lode, was discovered nearby in the late 1850s. In 1868 the railway reached here, and the settlement was renamed after an American Civil War general Jesse Lee Reno. The city developed as a resort in the 20th century. Population (1980) 100,756; (1990) 133,850.

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