Capital
City: |
Topeka |
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Nickname: |
Sunflower State |
Motto: |
Ad Astra per
Aspera (To the stars through difficulties) |
Statehood: |
January 29, 1861
(34th) |
Origin
of State's Name: |
From the Sioux
Indian for "south wind people." |
Largest
City: |
Wichita |
Border
States: |
Colorado,
Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma |
Land
Area: |
81,823 sq. mi.,
13th largest |
State
Bird: |
Western
Meadowlark |
State
Flower: |
Sunflower |
State
Tree: |
Cottonwood (populus) |
State
Song: |
Home on the
Range |
E-mail
your Congressperson: |
U.S. House: 110th
Congress
U.S. Senate: 110th
Congress
Or look up your Congressperson in the Congressional
Directory database! |