Kansas
Appearance
Kansas | |
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Kintra | Unitit States |
Afore stateheid | Kansas Territory |
Admittit tae the Union | 29 Januar 1861 (34t) |
Lairgest ceety | Wichita |
Lairgest metro | Kansas portion o Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Aurie |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | Laura Kelly (D) |
Legislatur | Kansas Legislature |
• Upper hoose | Senate |
• Lawer hoose | Hoose o Representatives |
U.S. senators | Pat Roberts (R) Jerry Moran (R) |
U.S. Hoose delegation | Tim Huelskamp (R) Lynn Jenkins (R) Kevin Yoder (R) Mike Pompeo (R) (leet) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,871,238 (2,011 est)[1] |
• Density | 13.5/km2 (35.1/sq mi) |
• Median hooseaud income | $50177 |
• Income rank | 25t |
Leid | |
• Offeecial leid | Inglis[2] |
Latitude | 37° N tae 40° N |
Longitude | 94° 35′ W tae 102° 3′ W |
Kansas (/ˈkanzəs/) is a U.S. state locate in the Midwastren Unitit States.[3] It is namit efter the Kansas River whilk rins through it, whilk in turn is namit efter the Kansa Natif American tribe, whilk indwellt the aurie.[4] The tribe's naim (natively kką:ze) is aften said tae mean "fowk o the wind" or "fowk o the sooth wind," though this wis likely no the term's oreeginal meanin.[5][6] Residents o Kansas are cried "Kansans."
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "State and Country QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. 2012. Archived frae the original on 3 Mey 2012. Retrieved 14 Mey 2013.
- ↑ "Governor's Signature Makes English the Official Language of Kansas". Us-english.org. 11 Mey 2007. Archived frae the original on 10 Julie 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
- ↑ http://www.census.gov/geo/www/us_regdiv.pdf
- ↑ John Koontz, p.c.
- ↑ Rankin, Robert. 2005. "Quapaw." In Native Languages of the Southeastern United States, eds. Heather K. Hardy and Janine Scancarelli. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, pg. 492
- ↑ Connelley, William E. 1918. Indians Archived 2007-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, ch. 10, vol. 1
Relatit information
[eedit | eedit soorce]Precedit bi Oregon |
Leet o U.S. states bi date o statehuid Admittit on 29 Januar 1861 (34th) |
Succeedit bi West Virginia |
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