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Kansas State Guide
Capital: Topeka
January 29, 1861 (34th state)
 Known as the "Sunflower State, Kansas became a free state on January 29, 1861, after seven years of bloody feuding between residents over whether to be admitted as a slave or free state. The state's name comes from the Kansa or Kaw Indians and is a Sioux Indian term meaning "south wind people." Within Kansas's borders is the magnetic center mark for all of North America. All land surveys in the US, Canada, and Mexico use this as a reference point. The geographic center of the 48 contiguous (connected) states is located in a Kansas pasture. The native sunflower is the state flower and the capital is Topeka.
Largest City - Wichita
Area - 82,282 square miles [Kansas is the 15th biggest state in the USA]
Population - 2,688,418 (as of 2000) [Kansas is the 32nd most populous state in the USA]
Major Industries - agriculture (wheat and other grains), aircraft manufacturing, automobile manufacturing
Major Rivers - Kansas River, Republican River, Smoky Hill River, Arkansas River, Missouri
Major Lakes - Tuttle Creek Reservoir, Cheney Reservoir, Waconda Lake
Highest Point - Mt. Sunflower - 4,039 feet (1,231 m) above sea level
Lowest Point - Verdigris River - 680 feet (270 m) above sea level
Bordering States - Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma
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Wilson, Woodson
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