| Capital
City: |
Topeka |
|
| 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! |
