Hays

Hays is a town of 21,000 people in the region of . The largest city in northwestern Kansas, and the economic and cultural center of the region. It is also a college town, home to Fort Hays State University.
  • Type: City with 21,100 residents
  • Description: city in Kansas, United States
  • Also known as: “Big Creek Station”, “Hays City”, “Hays, Kansas”, “Hays, KS”, “Ҳайс”, “הייז, קנזס”, “הייס, קנזס”, “हेझ”, and “海思”
  • Postal code: 67601

Places of Interest

Highlights: Fort Hays and Lewis Field Stadium.

, originally named Fort Fletcher, was a United States Army fort near Hays, Kansas.

Stadium
Lewis Field is a sport stadium in Hays, Kansas.

Sports venue
The is a 6,814 seat multi-purpose arena in Hays, Kansas.

Hays

Latitude
38.871° or 38° 52′ 16″ north
Longitude
-99.3312° or 99° 19′ 52″ west
Population
21,100
Elevation
2,021 feet (616 metres)
IATA airport code
HYS
UN/LOCODE
US HYS
Open location code
86C2VMC9+9G
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Hays” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هايز”
  • Basque: “Hays”
  • Belarusian: “Хейс”
  • Catalan: “Hays”
  • Cebuano: “Hays”
  • Central Kurdish: “ھەیس، کانزاس”
  • Chechen: “Гейс”
  • Chinese: “海斯”
  • Dagbani: “Hays”
  • Danish: “Hays”
  • Dutch: “Hays”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هايز”
  • French: “Hays”
  • German: “Hays”
  • Gilaki: “هیز (کانزاس)”
  • Gilaki: “هیز”
  • Greek: “Χέις”
  • Haitian: “Hays, Kansas”
  • Haitian: “Hays”
  • Hebrew: “הייז”
  • Hungarian: “Hays”
  • Ido: “Hays, Kansas”
  • Ido: “Hays”
  • Irish: “Hays”
  • Italian: “Hays”
  • Japanese: “ヘイズ”
  • Korean: “헤이스”
  • Ladin: “Hays”
  • Malagasy: “Hays, Kansas”
  • Malagasy: “Hays”
  • Marathi: “हेस”
  • Mazanderani: “هیز”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hays”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hays”
  • Norwegian: “Hays”
  • Persian: “هیز، کانزاس”
  • Persian: “هیز”
  • Polish: “Hays”
  • Portuguese: “Hays”
  • Russian: “Хейс (Канзас)”
  • Russian: “Хейс”
  • Serbian: “Хејз”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hays, Kansas”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hays”
  • Silesian: “Hays (Kansas)”
  • Silesian: “Hays”
  • Slovenian: “Hays”
  • South Azerbaijani: “هایس، کانزاس”
  • Spanish: “Hays”
  • Swedish: “Hays, Kansas”
  • Swedish: “Hays”
  • Tatar: “Гейс”
  • Turkish: “Hays, Kansas”
  • Turkish: “Hays”
  • Ukrainian: “Гейс”
  • Urdu: “ہیئز، کنساس”
  • Urdu: “ہیئز”
  • Uzbek: “Hays”
  • Vietnamese: “Hays, Kansas”
  • Vietnamese: “Hays”
  • Volapük: “Hays”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Hays, Kansas”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Hays”

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