|
| Capital
City: |
Topeka |
| Location: |
39.03790 N, 095.69199 W |
| Area: |
82,282 sq. mi. |
| Population: |
2,594,800 (7/97) |
| Statehood: |
January 29, 1861; 34th
State |
| Song: |
Home on the Range |
| |
words by: Brewster Higley |
| |
music by: Daniel Kelley |
| Nickname: |
Sunflower State |
| Origin of states name: |
From the Sioux Indian for "south wind
people" |
| Time
zone: |
Central, Mountain |
| Other Cities: |
Kansas City, Wichita. |
| Border
States: |
Colorado,
Missouri, Nebraska,
Oklahoma |
| Geographic Center: |
Barton, 15 miles northeast of Great Bend |
| Coastline: |
None |
| Highest Point: |
Mt. Sunflower; 4039 feet |
| Agriculture: |
Cattle, wheat, sorghum,
soybeans, hogs, corn. |
| Industry: |
Food processing, printing &
publishing, machinery, |
| |
chemical products, apparel, petroleum,
mining. |
| National
Park: |
None |
| Topography: |
Hilly Osage plains in the east; central
region level |
| |
prairie and hills; high plains in the
west. |
| Temperature
Summer: |
F° 77 |
| Temperature Winter: |
F° 33 |
| Flower: |
Sunflower |
| Tree: |
Cottonwood |
| Newspapers: |
The
Topeka Capital-Journal |
| Attractions: |
Kansas
Attractions. Roadside America |
|
