South Lake Tahoe is the most populous city in El Dorado County, California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The population was 21,403 at the 2010 census, down from 23,609 at the 2000 census. The east end of the city, on the California-Nevada state line, is mainly geared towards tourism, with T-shirt shops, restaurants, hotels, and Heavenly Mountain Resort with the Nevada casinos just across the state line in Stateline, Nevada. The city extends about five miles (8 km) west-southwest along U.S. Route 50, also known as Lake Tahoe Blvd. The western end of town is mainly residential, and clusters around 'The Y' (new intersection October 2008), the X-shaped intersection of US 50, State Route 89, and the continuation of Lake Tahoe Boulevard after it loses its Federal highway designation.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 16.6 square miles (43.0 km²), of which, 10.2 square miles (26.3 km²) of it is land and 6.4 square miles (16.7 km²) of it (38.80%) is water. Its elevation is about 6,260 feet (1,910 m).
The 2010 United States Census reported that South Lake Tahoe had a population of 21,403. The population density was 1,289.1 people per square mile (497.7/km²). The racial makeup of South Lake Tahoe was 15,733 (73.5%) White, 182 (0.9%) African American, 232 (1.1%) Native American, 1,186 (5.5%) Asian, 39 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 3,230 (15.1%) from other races, and 801 (3.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6,665 persons (31.1%).

South Lake Tahoe is a city in the Lake Tahoe region of California in El Dorado County. Located at the meeting point of California and Nevada, Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in the world.

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Lake Tahoe Airport

Lake Tahoe Airport is a public airport three miles southwest of South Lake Tahoe, in El Dorado County, California.

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California, United States, in the Sierra Nevada.

South Lake Tahoe

Location: Lake Tahoe, Sierra Nevada, California, United States, North America
Population: 21,400
Postal codes: 96150-96152 and 96154-96158
IATA airport code: TVL
United Nations Location Codes: US TTI and US TVL
Latitude: 38.9332° or 38° 55' 59.7' north
Longitude: -119.9844° or 119° 59' 3.7' west
Elevation: 1901 metres (6237 feet)
GeoNames ID: 5397664

Also Known As

Arabic: سووث لاك تاهوي
Bulgarian: Саут Лейк Тахо
Chinese: 南太浩湖
French: South Lake Tahoe
German: South Lake Tahoe
Newari: साउथ लेक ताहोई
Persian: سوت لیک تاهو، کالیفرنیا
Portuguese: South Lake Tahoe
Serbian: Саут Лејк Тахо
Spanish: South Lake Tahoe
Urdu: ساوتھ شور لیک تاہو
Al Tahoe
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Bijou
Rowland's
Stateline
Tahoe Valley
Tallac Village

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Al TahoeHamlet
Lake ValleyHamlet, 2 km west
BijouHamlet, 2 km northeast
Tahoe KeysHamlet, 2½ km west
Tahoe ValleyHamlet, 3 km southwest
Bijou ParkHamlet, 3 km northeast

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Casinos In Lake Tahoe Nevada

Harveys Lake TahoeHotel, 4½ km northeast
Harrah's Lake TahoeHotel, 4½ km northeast
Hard Rock Lake TahoeHotel, 5 km northeast
Lakeside Inn and CasinoCasino, 6 km northeast
East PeakSummit, 7 km east
Kingsbury Middle School (Closed)School, 7 km northeast

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