| KANSAS
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| WICHITA |
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| AREA |
(land) 81,815 sq miles (water) 459 sq miles (TOTAL) 82,274 sq miles
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| CAPITAL |
Topeka |
| FAMOUS DATES
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Organized as territory: May 30, 1854 Entered Union (rank): Jan. 29, 1861 (34)
Present constitution adopted: 1859
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| LOCATION
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39.037N, 095.691W |
| MEAN ELEVATION
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(average) 2,019 feet |
| HIGHEST
POINT |
Mt. Sunflower; 4039 feet, 28th |
| LOWEST
POINT |
Verdigris River; 680 feet, 43rd |
| COUNTIES |
105 |
| COASTLINE |
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| GEOGRAPHIC CENTER |
in Barton |
| STATE FOSSIL
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| STATE GRASS
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| STATE REPTILE
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| STATE ROCK
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| STATE GEMSTONE
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| STATE FLAG
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The Kansas flag, adopted in 1925, consists of a dark blue field with the state seal in the center. A sunflower on a bar of twisted gold lies above the seal, and below the seal is the word Kansas. |
| STATE COLORS
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| STATE SEAL
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The seal contains a landscape that includes a rising sun, representing the east; and a river and steamboat, representing commerce. In the foreground, a settler's cabin and a man plowing a field represent agriculture. A wagon train heads west and buffalo are seen fleeing from two Indians. Around the top of the seal is a cluster of 34 stars. |
| STATE SLOGAN
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First Of The Rectangle States |
| STATE
MOTTO
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Ad astra per aspera (To the stars through difficulties) |
| STATE SONG
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“Home on the Range” (1947) |
| STATE TREE
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cottonwood (1937) |
| STATE BIRD
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western meadowlark (1937) |
| STATE ANIMAL
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American Buffalo (or bison) |
| STATE FISH
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| STATE METAL
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| STATE NICKNAMES
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The Sunflower State, The Wheat State, Midway, U.S.A. |
| STATE FLOWER
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sunflower (1903) |
| BORDERING
STATES
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Colorado Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma |
