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Wichita, Kansas

Northern America

Wichita is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County, with a population of about 397,500 at the 2020 census and a metropolitan area of roughly 648,000, located in south-central Kansas along the Arkansas River. Long nicknamed the Air Capital of the World, Wichita has been a major center of general-aviation aircraft manufacturing since the early twentieth century, home to companies including Cessna, Beechcraft and Learjet.

Facts
Population
397,532 1
Area (sq km)
431.28 1
Founding Year
1868 1
Platted as a trading post in 1868 per the Wikipedia infobox established_date field; incorporated as a municipal corporation in 1870 per the same infobox established_date2 field.
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Elevation (m)
397 1
Converted from the Wikipedia infobox elevation_ft value of 1303 feet.
Latitude
37.688889 degrees north 1
Longitude
97.336111 degrees west 1
In the Other Atlases

Origin Of

W. Eugene Smith

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Site Of

Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad

Also in Business Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source Wikidata: Kansas and Oklahoma Railroadtier 2
Sources
1. Wichita (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Wichita ( , WITCH-ih-taw) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County.
  • Infobox, established
    1868
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    431.28
  • Infobox: elevation_ft
    1303
  • Lead section
    As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532, and the Wichita metropolitan area had a population of 647,610.
  • MediaWiki API prop=coordinates (decimal degrees resolved from the infobox Coord template)
  • In Group: Cities of Northern America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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Wikidata: Wichita, Kansas
Wikidata Q49266, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Wikidata: United States
On Continent: North America, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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