Factual Information : Kansas
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Facts Origin of State Name : Named for the Kansa (or Kaw) Indians, the "people of the south wind."
Nickname : The Sunflower State; also, the Jayhawker State.
Capital : Topeka.
Country : 105 counties
Population : 2,688,418; 32nd, 12/00
Entered Union : 29 January 1861 (34th).
Song : "Home on the Range."
March : "The Kansas March."
Motto : Ad astra per aspera (To the stars through difficulties).
Flag : The flag consists of a dark blue field with the state seal in the center; a sunflower on a bar of twisted gold and blue is above the seal, the word "Kansas" is below it.
Animal : American buffalo.
Bird : Western meadowlark.
Insect : Honeybee.
Reptile : Ornate box turtle.
Flower : Wild native sunflower.
Tree : Cottonwood.
Agriculture : Cattle, wheat, sorghum, soybeans, hogs, corn.
Industry : Transportation equipment, food processing, printing and publishing, chemical products, machinery, apparel, petroleum, mining.