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Kansas

a state of the central US: consists of undulating prairie, drained chiefly by the Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri Rivers; mainly agricultural. Capital: Topeka. Pop.: 2 723 507 (2003 est.). Area: 213 096 sq. km (82 277 sq. miles)
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Kansas State Information

Phone: (785) 296-0111
www.kansas.gov


Area (sq mi):: 82276.84 (land 81814.88; water 461.96) Population per square mile: 33.50
Population 2005: 2,744,687 State rank: 0 Population change: 2000-20005 2.10%; 1990-2000 8.50% Population 2000: 2,688,418 (White 83.10%; Black or African American 5.70%; Hispanic or Latino 7.00%; Asian 1.70%; Other 6.40%). Foreign born: 5.00%. Median age: 35.20
Income 2000: per capita $20,506; median household $40,624; Population below poverty level: 9.90% Personal per capita income (2000-2003): $27,694-$29,438
Unemployment (2004): 5.60% Unemployment change (from 2000): 1.80% Median travel time to work: 19.00 minutes Working outside county of residence: 22.60%

List of Kansas counties:

  • Allen County
  • Anderson County
  • Atchison County
  • Barber County
  • Barton County
  • Bourbon County
  • Brown County
  • Butler County
  • Chase County
  • Chautauqua County
  • Cherokee County
  • Cheyenne County
  • Clark County
  • Clay County
  • Cloud County
  • Coffey County
  • Comanche County
  • Cowley County
  • Crawford County
  • Decatur County
  • Dickinson County
  • Doniphan County
  • Douglas County
  • Edwards County
  • Elk County
  • Ellis County
  • Ellsworth County
  • Finney County
  • Ford County
  • Franklin County
  • Geary County
  • Gove County
  • Graham County
  • Grant County
  • Gray County
  • Greeley County
  • Greenwood County
  • Hamilton County
  • Harper County
  • Harvey County
  • Haskell County
  • Hodgeman County
  • Jackson County
  • Jefferson County
  • Jewell County
  • Johnson County
  • Kearny County
  • Kingman County
  • Kiowa County
  • Labette County
  • Lane County
  • Leavenworth County
  • Lincoln County
  • Linn County
  • Logan County
  • Lyon County
  • Marion County
  • Marshall County
  • McPherson County
  • Meade County
  • Miami County
  • Mitchell County
  • Montgomery County
  • Morris County
  • Morton County
  • Nemaha County
  • Neosho County
  • Ness County
  • Norton County
  • Osage County
  • Osborne County
  • Ottawa County
  • Pawnee County
  • Phillips County
  • Pottawatomie County
  • Pratt County
  • Rawlins County
  • Reno County
  • Republic County
  • Rice County
  • Riley County
  • Rooks County
  • Rush County
  • Russell County
  • Saline County
  • Scott County
  • Sedgwick County
  • Seward County
  • Shawnee County
  • Sheridan County
  • Sherman County
  • Smith County
  • Stafford County
  • Stanton County
  • Stevens County
  • Sumner County
  • Thomas County
  • Trego County
  • Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City
  • Wabaunsee County
  • Wallace County
  • Washington County
  • Wichita County
  • Wilson County
  • Woodson County
  • Counties USA: A Directory of United States Counties, 3rd Edition. © 2006 by Omnigraphics, Inc.

    Kansas Parks

    Parks Directory of the United States, 5th Edition. © 2007 by Omnigraphics, Inc.

    Kansas

    Thirty-fourth state; admitted on January 29, 1861

    Kansas Day has been observed since 1877, most often in school programs about the state. The Kansas State Historical Society sponsors celebrations at the Kansas History Center in Topeka.

    State capital: Topeka

    Nicknames: Sunflower State; Wheat State; Jayhawk State

    State motto: Ad Astra per Aspera (Latin “To the Stars Through Difficulties”)

    State amphibian: Barred tiger salamander

    State animal: American buffalo or bison (Bison bison)

    State bird: Western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)

    State flower: Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

    State insect: Honeybee (Apis mellifera)

    State march: “The Kansas March”

    State reptile: Ornate box turtle

    State song: “Home on the Range”

    State tree: Cottonwood (Populus deltoides)

    More about state symbols at:

    www.kssos.org/resources/kansaskids_facts.html
    http://www.kshs.org/kids/things/symbols/

    SOURCES:

    AmerBkDays-2000, p. 95 AnnivHol-2000, p. 16

    CONTACT:

    Kansas State Historical Society
    6425 SW Sixth Ave.
    Topeka, 66615-1099
    785-272-8681
    fax: 785-272-8682
    TTY: 785-272-8683
    www.kshs.org/you/ksday.htm

    STATE OFFICES:

    State web site:
    www.kansas.gov

    Office of the Governor
    State Capitol Bldg
    2nd Fl
    Topeka, KS 66612
    785-296-3232
    fax: 785-296-7973
    www.ksgovernor.org

    Secretary of State
    120 SW 10th Ave
    1st Fl
    Topeka, KS 66612
    785-296-4564
    fax: 785-296-4570
    www.kssos.org

    Kansas State Library
    300 SW 10th Ave
    Capitol Bldg Rm 343N
    Topeka, KS 66612
    785-296-3296
    fax: 785-296-6650
    skyways.lib.ks.us

    Legal Holidays:

    Day After ThanksgivingNov 25, 2011; Nov 23, 2012; Nov 29, 2013; Nov 28, 2014; Nov 27, 2015; Nov 25, 2016; Nov 24, 2017; Nov 23, 2018; Nov 29, 2019; Nov 27, 2020; Nov 26, 2021; Nov 25, 2022; Nov 24, 2023
    Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary, Fourth Edition. © 2010 by Omnigraphics, Inc.
    The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

    Kansas

     

    a state in the central part of the USA. Area, 213, 100 sq km; population, 2. 2 million (1970), of which 66 percent is urban. The administrative center is Topeka, and Wichita and Kansas City are its most important cities. Its surface is an undulating plain, sloping gently from the foothills of the Rocky Mountains (altitude, 1, 231 m) to the valley of the Missouri River. In the central part of the state are the Smoky Hills and Blue Hills (maximum altitude, 862 m). The climate is moderately continental, with the mean monthly temperatures ranging from -3°C to 26°C. Annual precipitation is 550–950 mm. In the summer there are frequent droughts. The Kansas and Arkansas rivers have little flow for most of the year.

    Kansas is one of the most important agricultural states of the USA; it is first in the harvest of wheat and second in sorghum and is fourth in the number of cattle. Its most important crop is winter wheat. Nearly two-thirds of the commodity output of agriculture is provided by livestock, with meat production predominating. As of 1970 there were 6. 0 million head of cattle (including 224, 000 dairy cows) and 1. 6 million pigs. Farms occupy 20. 4 million hectares, 95 percent of the state’s territory, of which 400, 000 hectares are irrigated. Large mechanized farms producing grain and meat provide the bulk of the output. The number of farms diminished from 120, 000 in 1954 to 87, 000 in 1969.

    In 1969, 12, 000 workers were employed in the extraction industry and 146, 000 in processing. Oil (nearly 12 million tons), natural gas, and helium (of which Kansas is the leading US producer) are the most important raw materials. In value of output, processing is increasingly overtaking agriculture. The most important products are those of the food industry (canned meat, flour, concentrated fodder). The aviation (Wichita), automobile assembly (Kansas City), oil refining, chemical, and agricultural machine industries are developed.

    V. M. GOKHMAN

    Prior to its occupation by Europeans, the territory of Kansas was inhabited by Indian tribes. Europeans visited the area for the first time in 1541. In 1803 it became a possession of the USA, which purchased it from France as part of the vast territories of Louisiana. In 1854 it was given the status of a territory of the USA; adoption of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 led to civil war in Kansas between the supporters and opponents of slavery. It has been one of the states of the USA since 1861.

    The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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    Figures 1 and 2 show that, within the range of 0 < [epsilon] [epsilon] 1.5, both methods reveal slight differences in the trends of [L.sub.rms], with some strong fluctuations being found for the case of Kansa. For this particular set of conditions, at Re = 10 with t = 0.5, [DELTA]t = 0.005, N = 10 x 10, it can be noted that a more suitable shape parameter may be found at [epsilon] [less than or equal to] 0.1 for the Hermite scheme.
    * CONTROLLED SHOOTS Kansas calls shooting preserves "controlled shooting areas," and there are over 300 of them scattered throughout the state.
    IF YOU TAKE a peek at the whitetail records for the state of Kansas, you'll find some absolutely eye-popping bucks on the list, but what you won't find are a lot of trophy whitetails taken in the western half of the state.
    Ho-Chunk, Missouria, Ioway, Otoe, Quapaw began Omaha, Ponca, Kansa, Osage joined.
    It symbolises the fear of the Kansa people that danger lurks in the shadows.
    I am also like the small boy Krishna who killed the powerful Kansa," he proclaimed.
    Authorities said little is known about the condition of the victims since they were abducted by a group of Moro gunmen led by a certain Kansa Asdanal.
    Kansa Vataki ("kahn-sah vahtah-kee"): This Ayurvedic treatment uses a small metal bowl to massage the soles of the feet.
    * WHAT'S IN A NAME: Kansas City's name came from the Kansa Indians, to whom Kansas means "people of the south wind.
    * Kansas City has gone by the previous names of Possumtrot" "the Town of Kansas," "Chouteau's Town," "Westport Landing" and "Kawsmouth." The name "Kansas City" first came into use in the late 1800s and reflects the name of the Native American Kansa tribe that once lived in the region.
    Many of Pointer's ironies are heart breaking, such as advising hunters faced with scarcity of game to retrain "retrievers to point aluminum cans." And the harrowing truth in "Indian Life Today: A Politician Explains the Issues", sadly, will be missed by most Americans today--tribes relocated far from their homeground so whites can possess rich land--Mandans in Missouri; Cherokees in Rhode Island; Kansa in California; Iroquois in Alaska; Comanche in Wisconsin.
    Meanwhile, from India, we can hear the tale of the attempts of the tyrant-king Kansa to avoid the prophecy that a child of his cousin would kill him.