Kansas City Area

The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by . Its fourteen counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of and .
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is a major metropolitan area that spreads across the border of and . It is a city that tends to hide itself from tourists.

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, known as the Queen City of the Trails, is a city in western just east of with a population of approximately 110,000.

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is a city in and the county seat of , , United States. Its population was 20,313 at the 2020 census. The micropolitan statistical area consists of Johnson County.

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is in Clay County, in the Kansas City Area of . It is the birthplace of the infamous Jesse James.

Kansas City Area

  • Type: Economic region with 2,010,000 residents
  • 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”, and “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
Population
2,010,000
Elevation
823 feet (251 metres)
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: “Kansas City to͘-hōe-khu”
  • 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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