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Kansas City

city in and county seat of Wyandotte County, Kansas, United States
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Summary

Kansas City is a city in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,685 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Wyandotte County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Tyrone Garner[5]
  • Instance of: big city[6], county seat[7], consolidated city-county[8]
  • Shares border with: Overland Park[9]
  • Named after: Kansas City[10]
  • Twinned administrative body: Linz[11], Limerick[12], Karlovac[13], Uruapan del Progreso[14], Seville[15]
  • Postal code: 66101[16], 66102[17], 66103[18], 66104[19], 66105[20], 66106[21], 66109[22], 66110[23], 66111[24], 66112[25], 66115[26], 66117[27], 66118[28], 66119[29]
  • Commons category: Kansas City, Kansas[30]
  • Located in time zone: Central Time Zone[31]
  • Local dialing code: 913[32]
  • Inception: January 1, 1868[33]
  • Official website: https://www.wycokck.org/[34]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Kansas City, Kansas[35]
  • Population: 152,960[36], 145,786[37], 156,607[38]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Kansas City, Kansas[39]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[40], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[41], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[42], New International Encyclopedia[43], The New Student's Reference Work[44], Meyer’s Universum, Neunzehnter Band[45]
  • Capital of: Wyandotte County[46]
  • Official name: Kansas City[47]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Kansas City, Kansas[48]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Kansas City, Kansas[49]
  • Number of households: 55,644[50]
  • Native label: Kansas City[51]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Kansas City, Kansas[52]
  • Owner of: Legends Field[53]

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Kansas City include USS Kansas City[54], a littoral combat ship[55].

Why It Matters

Kansas City has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

Entities named for it include USS Kansas City[54], a littoral combat ship[55].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wycokck.org. Retrieved . wycokck.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . linz.at. linz.at. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . karlovac.hr. karlovac.hr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [55] ↑ . 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. [56] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of households → {'amount': '+55644'}
    Aliases → —
    Twinned administrative body → Linz, Limerick, Karlovac +2
    Wikidata description → city in and county seat of Wyandotte County, Kansas, United States
    + 35 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0373336-Kansas-City-Kansas, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
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