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Kansas

state of the United States of America
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Summary

Kansas is an U.S. state[1]. Kansas draws 28,119 Wikipedia views per month (u s state category, ranking #39 of 49).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: United States[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Sam Brownback[5], Laura Kelly[6]
  • Continent: North America[7]
  • Capital: Topeka[8]
  • Official language: English[9]
  • Shares border with: Oklahoma[10], Colorado[11], Nebraska[12], Missouri[13]
  • Anthem: Home on the Range[14]
  • Named after: Kansas River[15]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Allen County[16], Anderson County[17], Atchison County[18], Barber County[19], Barton County[20], Bourbon County[21], Brown County[22], Butler County[23], Chase County[24], Chautauqua County[25], Cherokee County[26], Cheyenne County[27], Clark County[28], Clay County[29]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Kansas include USS Kansas[30], a pre-dreadnought battleship[31].

Why It Matters

Kansas has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Kansas is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for Kansas include USS Kansas[30], a pre-dreadnought battleship[31].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 9194
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 9194, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167480905|KANSAS (#167480905)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #m"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1PB0YE
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 17w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → kansas
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: kansas, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289945024|kansas (#289945024)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  4. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0328054-Kansas
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0328054-Kansas, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  5. 19w ago · Mxn · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official name → State of Kansas
    Native label → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'State of Kansas'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Official name: State of Kansas, Copying from Native label"
  6. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Kansas
    Archives at → Kansas Historical Society
    History of topic → history of Kansas
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 38.5, 'lon': -98}
    + 78 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ Mean age: 36.9±0.100000000000003, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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