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Kansas was the 34th state to be admitted into the Union on Tuesday, January 28,1861.

Kansas covers 82,277 square miles with a population of 2,688,418 people. Kansas is located in the center of the U.S. and is the leading producer of wheat and second largest producer of beef. Even though the state is know mainly for its vast farmland, its bigger cities like Overland Park and Topeka contain some of the nation's largest companies, such as Sprint , Nextel and Hallmark cards.

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Kansas capital - Topeka

Bordering states are Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.

Kansas is nicknamed "The Sunflower State"

Water sports abound in the many reservoirs in the state. Boating, fishing, swimming and water skiing draw large summer crowds. Since Kansas lies on the central flyway from north to south, it attracts many migrating waterlowls. Mallards, pintails and teals nest in the marshes of Cheyenne Bottoms near Grand Bend.

Today, wheat fields, oil-well derricks, herds of cattle, and grain-storage elevators are chief features of the Kansas landscape. A leading wheat-growing state, Kansas also raises corn, sorghum, oats, barley, soybeans, and potatoes. Kansas stands high in petroleum production and mines zinc, coal, salt, and lead. It is also the nation's leading producer of helium.

Wichita is one of the nation's leading aircraft-manufacturing centers, ranking first in production of private aircraft. Kansas City is an important transportation, milling, and meat-packing center.

The Smoky Hills are rugged limestone hills in central Kansas. The Flint Hills, in east central Kansas, cover several million acres of undulating, virtually treeless prairie and are also the largest segment of true tallgrass prairie remaining in the U.S. The Gypsum Hills in south central Kansas provide a panorama of buttes and mesas.

Kansas id divided by two time zones: Mountain and Central. Four of the western counties observe Mountain Time. The east-west span of Kansas is great enough that the sun rises and sets on the western border 30 minutes later than on the eastern end.

Points of interest include the Kansas History Center at Topeka, the Eisenhower boyhood home and the Eisenhower Memorial Museum and Presidential Library at Abilene, John Brown's cabin at Osawatomie, re-created Front Street in Dodge City, Fort Larned (an important military post on the Santa Fe Trail), Fort Leavenworth, and Fort Riley.

Emporia - Hutchinson - Kansas City - Lawrence - Leavenworth - Lenexa - Olathe - Overland Park - Prairie Village - Salina - Shawnee - Topeka - Wichita

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