History of Wichita, Kansas
Wichita, also known as the Air Capital of the World, is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas, as well as a major aircraft manufacturing hub and cultural center.{{Fact|date=April 2007}} In July of 2006, CNN/Money and Money magazine ranked Wichita ninth on its list of the 10 best big cities to live in the United States. The city is home to six major aircraft manufacturing companies and McConnell Air Force Base. Wichita is located in South Central Kansas on the Arkansas River, and is the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas|Sedgwick County. It is also the home of a National Weather Service Forecast Office which serves portions of central, south-central, and southeast Kansas.
Wichita is the 51st largest city in the United States with an estimated population of 354,865 in the year 2005. The Wichita United States metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which encompasses Sedgwick, Butler County, Kansas|Butler, Harvey County, Kansas|Harvey, and Sumner County, Kansas|Sumner counties, has a 2004 estimated population of 584,671 persons residing in 245,159 households, making it the 82nd largest MSA in the United States. The Wichita-Winfield Combined Statistical Area also includes Cowley County, Kansas|Cowley County and has an estimated population of 618,641.
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