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Kansas: flag
flag of Kansas
state seal of Kansas
Seal of Kansas
The western meadowlark is the state bird of Kansas.
The western meadowlark is the state bird of Kansas.
The state flower of Kansas is the wild sunflower.
The state flower of Kansas is the wild sunflower.
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Capital:
Topeka
Population:
(2020) 2,937,880; (2023 est.) 2,940,546
Governor:
Laura Kelly (Democrat)
Date Of Admission:
January 29, 1861
U.S. Senators:
Roger Marshall (Republican)
Jerry Moran (Republican)
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Kansas, constituent state of the United States of America. It is bounded by Nebraska to the north, Missouri to the east, Oklahoma to the south, and Colorado to the west. Lying amid the westward-rising landscape of the Great Plains of the North American continent, Kansas became the 34th state on January 29, 1861. In that year the capital was located in Topeka by popular election, outpolling nearby Lawrence by some 2,700 votes. The state’s name is derived from that of the Kansa, or Kaw, whose name comes from a Siouan-language phrase meaning “people of the south wind.” The geographic centre ...(100 of 4762 words)

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