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Wichita
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city in and county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States
Wichita is the largest city in Kansas and serves as the county seat of Sedgwick County. As a major urban center in the state, it functions as an important hub for the region's economy, government, and community services.
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- Instance of
- county seat
- Named after
- Wichita people
- Official name
- Wichita
- Demonym
- Wichitans
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Sedgwick County
- Population
- 397532
- Area
- 423.707958
- Elevation
- 396
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Capital of
- Sedgwick County
- Headquarters
- Wichita
- Official website
- www.wichita.gov
- Image
- Wichita, Kansas skyline aerial view.jpg
- Households
- 154683
- Dialing code
- 316
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- Wichita, Kansas
- topic's main category
- Category:Wichita, Kansas
- twinned administrative body
- Tlalnepantla
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Wichita, Kansas
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Wichita, Kansas
- inception
- 1868-11-30
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Wichita, Kansas
- native label
- Wichita
- P8168
- Barbara Cartland
- water as percent of area
- 2.6283
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- per capita income
- 29812
- social media followers
- 53422
- postal code
- 67277
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Encyclopedic overview
Wichita (/ˈwɪtʃɪtɔː/ , WITCH-ih-taw) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532, and the Wichita metropolitan area had a population of 647,610. It is located in south-central Kansas along the Arkansas River.
Wichita began as a trading post on the Chisholm Trail in the 1860s and was incorporated as a city in 1870. It became a destination for cattle drives traveling north from Texas to Kansas railroads, earning it the nickname "Cowtown". In 1875, Wyatt Earp served as a police officer in Wichita for about one year before going to Dodge City.
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