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Kansas City Metropolitan AreaFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe Kansas City Metropolitan Area is a metropolitan area situated at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers and straddling the state border between Missouri and Kansas. The 15-county Kansas City Metropolitan Statistical Area, anchored by Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas, is the 27th largest in the United States with an estimated population of 1,947,694 in the year 2005. The Combined Statistical Area also includes the Micropolitan Statistical Areas of Atchison, Kansas, and Warrensburg, Missouri, with estimated populations of 10,232 and 16,741, respectively. The Combined Statistical Area of Kansas City had a population of 2,015,282 in the year 2005.Kansas City, MissouriKansas City is a city covering parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties in Missouri, USA. Situated at the junction of the Missouri and Kansas rivers, it lies along the boundary between Missouri and Kansas, and is directly opposite of Kansas City, Kansas. Kansas City is the largest city in all four of its counties, though it is county seat to none of them. It is the most heavily populated city in Missouri, the 7th largest city in the Midwest and the 40th most populous city in the United States. As of 2005, the city had an estimated population of of 444,965. Combined with Kansas City, Kansas, the population is 591,831 but the entire metropolitan area is approximately 1,947,694. Kansas City is the center of the 27th largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States.Kansas City, KansasKansas City is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Wyandotte County; it is part of the "Unified Government" which also includes the cities of Bonner Springs and Edwardsville. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 146,866. It is home to the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, which covers 12,500 square miles of the Roman Catholic community in eastern Kansas. Kansas City Kansas is also the home town of the Kansas City Cheifs and arrowhead stadium.Situated at the junction of the Missouri and Kansas rivers, the city is opposite Kansas City, Missouri, of which it is considered a suburb, and is included in the bi-state Kansas City Metropolitan Area. HistoryThe History of Kansas City of Missouri and Kansas (and surrounding communities) dates back to the 1800s. Kansas City, Kansas formed in 1868 and incorporated in October of 1872. KCK is the home to the GM Fairfax plant, which manufactures the Chevrolet Malibu, Chevrolet Malibu Maxx, and Saturn Aura.The Town of Kansas, later to become Kansas City, was established in 1850. The name derived from a trading post in the area that had been dubbed "the village of the Kansa," a reference to the local Kaw (or Kanza) tribe. Kansas City is often abbreviated as "KC" (to refer to the entire metropolitan area), or "KCMO" (to refer to only Kansas City, Missouri). Kansas City is nicknamed the City of Fountains because it ranks second in the world in number of fountains (over 200), exceeded only by Rome. It is also nicknamed the Heart of America because it is within 250 miles of both the geographic and population centers of the nation. Kansas City is referred to informally as Cowtown and the BBQ Capital of the World. People from Kansas City are known as Kansas Citians. The Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network recently designated Kansas City as having potential of attaining world city status. The city's tap water was recently rated the cleanest among the 50 largest cities in the United States, containing no detectable impurities. Exploration and settlementThe French explorers Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette were the first Europeans to spot the area that came to be known as Kansas City, doing so via a six-day canoe trip up the Missouri River in 1673. The French first settled in the lower Missouri Valley at St. Louis in 1765 and later at the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas rivers, François Chouteau established Chouteau Landing in 1821.GeographyKansas City is often imagined by outsiders to be flat like Chicago, Dallas or New York, but in fact it has many rolling hills. Kansas City proper is bowl-shaped and is surrounded to the north and south by limestone and bedrock cliffs that were carved by glaciers. Kansas City is situated at the junction between the Dakota and Minnesota ice lobes during the maximum late Independence glaciation of the Pleistocene epoch. The Kansas and Missouri rivers cut wide valleys into the terrain when the glaciers melted and drained. A partially filled spillway valley crosses the central portion of Kansas City, Missouri. This valley is an eastward continuation of Turkey Creek valley. The Union Station is located in this valley.Kansas City, Missouri, is organized into a system of approximately 150 registered neighborhoods. ClimateKansas City lies almost in the exact center of the United States, at the confluence of the second largest river in the country, the Missouri River, and the Kansas River (also known as the Kaw River). This makes for a continental climate with moderate precipitation and extremes of hot and cold. Summers can be very humid, with moist air riding up from the Gulf of Mexico, and July/August daytime highs reaching into the triple digits. Winters vary from mild days to bitterly cold, with lows reaching into the teens below zero a few times a year. Spring and Fall are pleasant, and peppered with thunderstorms.Parks and parkwaysKansas City is well-known for its spacious parkways and numerous parks. The parkway system winds its way through the city with broad, landscaped medians that include statuary and fountains. One of the best examples is Ward Parkway on the west side of the city, near the Kansas state line.Swope Park is one of the nation's larger in-city parks, comprising 1,763 acress . It includes a full-fledged zoo, two golf courses, a lake, an amphitheatre, day-camp area, and numerous picnic grounds. Kansas City has always had one of the nation's best urban forestry programs. At one time, almost all residential streets were planted with a solid canopy of American elms but Dutch elm disease devastated them. Most of the elms died and were replaced with a variety of other shade trees. A program is underway currently to replace many of the fast-growing sweetgum trees with hardwood varieties. Kansas City cuisineKansas City is most famous for its steak and barbecue. |