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Capital city of Kansas - Topeka

Info about Statehood - The Date that Kansas was admitted to the Union - January 29, 1861

Abbreviation - The abbreviation for the state is as follows:

Abbreviation - Kans.

Facts about Size - The area of the State covers 82282 square miles

The Constitution - Kansas was the 34 th State to be admitted to the Union

3 Largest Cities in Kansas - Wichita, Overland Park & Kansas City

State Motto - " Ad astra per aspera " the State Motto is translated as " To the stars through difficulties "

Facts about the State Nickname - The Sunflower State ( after the wild flowers of the plains of Kansas )

Name of the State Song is " Home on the Range " the words of the song are by Brewster Higley and music composed by Daniel Kelley

Short History of Kansas - The territory organised by the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 became known as Bleeding Kansas, for free and slave factions (1854-1859).

Origin of the name - From the Kansas River which was named by the French after the Dakota Sioux Indian word "Kanze" meaning "south wind."

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