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{{Infobox City
|official_name = Kansas City, Kansas
|nickname = Heart of America http://got.net/~landauer/lists/CityOf.html (cf., "Kansas City, Kansas : Heart of America")
|image_skyline = Kansas City Kansas aerial view.jpg
|image_flag =
|image_seal = KCKS-UG-LOGO.png
|image_map = KSMap-doton-Kansas_City.png
|mapsize = 222px
|map_caption = Location in Wyandotte County, Kansas|Wyandotte, County in the state of Kansas.
|subdivision_type = Countries of the world|Country
|subdivision_type1 = Political divisions of the United States|State
|subdivision_type2 = List of counties in Kansas|Counties
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_name1 = Kansas
|subdivision_name2 = Wyandotte County, Kansas|Wyandotte County
|leader_title = Mayor/CEO
|leader_name =
|leader_title2 = Commissioner
|leader_name2 =
|established_title = Consolidated city-county|Unified Government
|established_date = 1997
|area_magnitude =
|TotalArea_sq_mi = 127.8
|area_total = 331.0
|LandArea_sq_mi = 124.3
|area_land = 321.8
|WaterArea_sq_mi = 3.5
|area_water = 9.2
|UrbanArea_sq_mi =
|area_urban =
|population_as_of =
|population_footnotes = {{cite web | title=Census Bureau Estimates Program (2005) | url=http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/files/SUB-EST2005-all.csv | accessdate = }}{{cite web | title=Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1 2000 to July 1 2005 (CBSA-EST2005-01) | url=http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metropop/2005/cbsa-01-fmt.csv | accessdate = }}
|population_total = 146,866
|population_urban =
|population_metro = 1,947,694
|population_density =
|population_density_mi2 = 1149
|timezone = North American Central Time Zone|CST
|utc_offset = -6
|timezone_DST = North American Central Time Zone|CDT
|utc_offset_DST = -5
|elevation =
|elevation_ft = 740
|latd=39 |latm=6 |lats=24 |latNS=N
|longd=94 |longm=40 |longs=35 |longEW=W
|website = http://www.wycokck.org/
|footnotes =
}}

Kansas City, Kansas (KCK) is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Wyandotte County, Kansas|Wyandotte County (WyCo); it is part of the "Consolidated city-county|Unified Government" [http://www.wycokck.org wycokck.org] which also includes the cities of Bonner Springs, Kansas|Bonner Springs and Edwardsville, Kansas|Edwardsville. As of the United States Census 2000|2000 census, the city population was 146,867. Situated at the junction of the Missouri River|Missouri and Kansas River|Kansas rivers (Kaw Point)[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&layer=&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=12&ll=39.110616,-94.699402&spn=0.123607,0.271568&t=h Kansas City map], the city is opposite Kansas City, Missouri and is included in the bi-state Kansas City Metropolitan Area, of which it is a Satellite town|satellite city of the anchor city.


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