Kansas City Area

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Kansas City Area

  • Economic region with 2,010,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 823 feet (251 metres)
  • Description: metropolitan area surrounding Kansas City, Missouri; a bi-state (Missouri-Kansas) urban area
  • Also known as
    “28140”
    “Kansas City metro area”
    “Kansas City metropolitan area”
    “Kansas City, MO-KS”
    “Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area”
    “Kansas City, MO–KS Metropolitan Statistical Area”
  • Category: metropolitan statistical area
  • Location
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Latitude of center
38.9372° or 38° 56′ 14″ north
Longitude of center
-94.4444° or 94° 26′ 40″ west
Geo­Names ID
12213626
Wiki­data ID
Q2307187

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Kansas City Area” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Área metropolitana de Kansas City”
  • Catalan: “àrea metropolitana de Kansas City”
  • Chinese: “堪萨斯城大都会区”
  • Chinese: “堪萨斯城都会区”
  • Chinese: “堪薩斯城大都會區”
  • Chinese: “堪薩斯城都會區”
  • Chinese: “堪薩斯市都會區”
  • Danish: “Kansas City”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “منطقة كانزاس سيتى الحضريه”
  • French: “aire métropolitaine de Kansas City”
  • French: “grand Kansas City”
  • French: “région métropolitaine de Kansas City”
  • French: “Zone métropolitaine de Kansas City”
  • German: “Metropolregion Kansas City”
  • Hebrew: “המטרופולין של קנזס סיטי”
  • Hebrew: “מטרופולין קנזס סיטי”
  • Italian: “area metropolitana di Kansas City”
  • Italian: “Area metropolitana di Kansas City”
  • Japanese: “カンザス・シティ都市圏”
  • Japanese: “カンザスシティ都市圏”
  • Korean: “캔자스시티 도시권”
  • Korean: “캔자스시티”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kansas City to͘-hōe-khu”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Kansas City”
  • Persian: “کانزاس‌سیتی بزرگ”
  • Persian: “منطقه کلان‌شهری کانزاس‌سیتی”
  • Polish: “Kansas City”
  • Scots: “Kansas City metropolitan aurie”
  • Slovak: “Metropolitná oblasť Kansas City”
  • Slovenian: “metropolitansko območje Kansas City”
  • Spanish: “Area metropolitana de Kansas City”
  • Spanish: “Área metropolitana de Kansas City”
  • Swedish: “Kansas City”
  • Urdu: “کنساس سٹی میٹروپولیٹن علاقہ”
  • Welsh: “Ardal fetropolitan Kansas City”

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