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State Abbreviation - KS
State Capital - Topeka
Largest City - Wichita
Area - 82,282 square miles [Kansas is the 15th biggest state in the USA]
Population - 2,893,957
(as of 2013) [Kansas is the 34th most populous state in the USA]
Name for Residents - Kansans
Major Industries - agriculture (wheat and other grains), aircraft manufacturing, automobile manufacturing
State Flag Kansas' official flag was adopted in 1927. The flag has a blue field, the word "KANSAS," the sunflower (Kansas' state flower), and the state seal of Kansas. The seal pictures rich Kansas farmland, a farmer plowing, covered wagons, Native Americans hunting bison, a rising sun, a steamboat (representing commerce) on the water (beneath the sun and the mountains), 34 stars (since Kansas was the 34th state in the USA), and the state motto, "AD ASTRA PER ASPERA," meaning "To the stars through difficulty," in Latin. |
Animal Symbols:
State Bird (Sturnella neglecta) |
State Animal (Bison bison) |
State Reptile Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata) |
State Amphibian Barred tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum mavortium) |
State Insect |
Plant Symbols:
State Flower
(Helianthus annuus) |
State Tree Cottonwood (Populus deltoides) |
Earth Symbol:
State Soil Harney series |
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