STATE OF KANSAS

State Abbreviation: KS, US-KS

Capital City: Topeka

Largest City: Wichita

US Region:is a Midwestern state in the central region of the US

Borders: Nebraska on the north; Missouri on the east; Oklahoma on the south; and Colorado on the west.

Bird: Western Meadowlark

Flag: On a navy blue field is a sunflower,the state flower. Also, the state seal and the words "Kansas". In the picture of the state seal are thirty-four stars representing the order of statehood. Above the stars is the motto "To the Stars Through Difficulties". On the seal a sunrise overshadows a farmer plowing a field near his log cabin, a steamboat sailing the Kansas River, a wagon train heading west and Native Americans hunting bison. Flag adopted 1927.

Flower: Sunflower

Motto: "Ad astra per aspera"

Important cities: Wichita, Overland Park, Kansas City, Topeka.

Elevation:

+ Highest Point: Mount Sunflower 4,039 ft (1,232 m)

+ Lowest Point: Verdigris River 679 ft (207 m)

+ Population: 2,853,116

+ Density: 34.9/sq mi (12.7/km²)
+ % water: 0.56

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