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Topeka

Topeka is the capital of . Visitors come to see the Kansas Museum of History, Topeka Zoo, and Renisch Rose Gardens. The metropolitan area is rich in history and highly favored by nature. In 2019, it was home to 125,000 people.
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  • Type: City with 124,000 residents
  • Description: capital of the state of Kansas, United States; county seat of Shawnee County
  • Also known as: “Google”, “Mid-Continent”, “Pomme de Terre”, “To-pe-ka”, “To-poo-ka”, “Too Beega”, “Topage”, “Topeka, Kansas”, and “Topeka, KS”
  • Historically known as: “Topikachu”
  • Postal codes: 66601, 66603-66612, 66614-66622, 66624-66626, 66629, 66636, 66647, 66667, 66675, 66683, and 66699

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kansas State Capitol and Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park.

Government building
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The , known also as the Kansas Statehouse, is the building housing the executive and legislative branches of government for the U.S. state of .

Park
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was established in Topeka, Kansas, on October 26, 1992, by the United States Congress to commemorate the landmark decision of the U.S.

Hospital
is an extensive medical facility in the city of Topeka, , United States. The facility provides a nonprofit and integrated health care system for Shawnee County and the northeast Kansas region.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Topeka.

Hamlet
, Kansas, is an area of Topeka, Kansas, in United States. Although not officially a city, it is treated like one by many of its residents, and experiences relatively low crime rates compared to the rest of Topeka.

Topeka

Latitude
39.049° or 39° 2′ 56″ north
Longitude
-95.6776° or 95° 40′ 39″ west
Population
124,000
Elevation
945 feet (288 metres)
IATA airport code
TOP
United Nations Location Code
US TOP
Open location code
86F628XC+JX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25141246
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4280539
Wiki­data ID
Q41057
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Topeka” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Topeka”
  • Albanian: “Topeka”
  • Amharic: “ቶፒካ”
  • Arabic: “توبيكا، كانزاس”
  • Arabic: “توبيكا، كانزس”
  • Arabic: “توبيكا، كانساس”
  • Arabic: “توبيكا”
  • Arabic: “توپيكا، كانزس”
  • Aragonese: “Topeka”
  • Armenian: “Տոպիկա”
  • Asturian: “Topeka, Kansas”
  • Asturian: “Topeka”
  • Azerbaijani: “Topika”
  • Basque: “Topeka”
  • Bavarian: “Topeka”
  • Belarusian: “Топіка”
  • Bengali: “টাপিকা, কানসাস”
  • Bengali: “টাপিকা”
  • Bislama: “Topeka, Kansas”
  • Bislama: “Topeka”
  • Bosnian: “Topeka”
  • Breton: “Topeka”
  • Bulgarian: “Топика”
  • Catalan: “Topeka”
  • Cebuano: “Topeka”
  • Central Kurdish: “تۆپیکا”
  • Chechen: “Топика”
  • Chinese: “Topeka”
  • Chinese: “托佩卡”
  • Chinese: “托彼卡”
  • Chinese: “托皮卡”
  • Cornish: “Topeka, Kansas”
  • Cornish: “Topeka”
  • Corsican: “Topeka”
  • Croatian: “Topeka, Kansas”
  • Croatian: “Topeka”
  • Czech: “Topeka”
  • Dagbani: “Topeka”
  • Danish: “Topeka”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Topeka, Kansas”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Topeka”
  • Dutch: “Topeka”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “توبيكا”
  • Esperanto: “Topeka”
  • Esperanto: “Topeko”
  • Estonian: “Topeka”
  • Extremaduran: “Topeka”
  • Faroese: “Topeka”
  • Finnish: “Topeka”
  • French: “Topeka”
  • Galician: “Topeka, Kansas”
  • Galician: “Topeka”
  • Georgian: “ტოპიკა”
  • German: “Topeka (Kansas)”
  • German: “Topeka, Kansas”
  • German: “Topeka”
  • Gilaki: “تؤپيکا (کانزاس)”
  • Gilaki: “تؤپيکا”
  • Gothic: “𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌴𐌺𐌰”
  • Greek: “Τοπίκα”
  • Gujarati: “ટોપેકા”
  • Haitian: “Topeka, Kannzas”
  • Haitian: “Topeka”
  • Hebrew: “טופיקה”
  • Hebrew: “טופקה”
  • Hindi: “टोपेका”
  • Hungarian: “Topeka”
  • Icelandic: “Topeka”
  • Ido: “Topeka, Kansas”
  • Ido: “Topeka”
  • Iloko: “Topeka, Kansas”
  • Iloko: “Topeka”
  • Indonesian: “Topeka, Kansas”
  • Indonesian: “Topeka”
  • Interlingua: “Topeka”
  • Interlingue: “Topeka”
  • Irish: “Topeka, Kansas”
  • Irish: “Topeka”
  • Italian: “Topeka”
  • Japanese: “トノパー”
  • Japanese: “トピカ”
  • Kannada: “ಟೊಪೆಕಾ”
  • Kirghiz: “Топика”
  • Korean: “토피카”
  • Kurdish: “Topeka”
  • Ladin: “Topeka”
  • Latin: “Topeca”
  • Latvian: “Topeka”
  • Latvian: “Topīka”
  • Ligurian: “Topeka”
  • Lithuanian: “Topeka”
  • Lithuanian: “Topika”
  • Lombard: “Topeka”
  • Macedonian: “Топека”
  • Macedonian: “Топика”
  • Malagasy: “Topeka, Kansas”
  • Malagasy: “Topeka”
  • Malay: “Topeka, Kansas”
  • Malay: “Topeka”
  • Malayalam: “ടുപേകാ, കൻസാസ്”
  • Manx: “Topeka, Kansas”
  • Manx: “Topeka”
  • Marathi: “टोपेका”
  • Mazanderani: “توپیکا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Topeka”
  • Minangkabau: “Topeka, Kansas”
  • Mirandese: “Topeka”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “طوپيكا”
  • Newari: “तोपेका, कान्सास”
  • Newari: “तोपेका”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Topeka”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Topeka”
  • Norwegian: “Topeka”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Topeka”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Tōpēca”
  • Ossetian: “Топикæ”
  • Pali: “टोपेका”
  • Pampanga: “Topeka, Kansas”
  • Pampanga: “Topeka”
  • Persian: “توپکا”
  • Persian: “توپیکا”
  • Piemontese: “Topeka”
  • Polish: “Topeka”
  • Portuguese: “Topeka, Kansas”
  • Portuguese: “Topeka”
  • Quechua: “Topeka”
  • Romanian: “Topeka, Kansas”
  • Romanian: “Topeka”
  • Romansh: “Topeka”
  • Russian: “Топика”
  • Samogitian: “Topeka”
  • Sanskrit: “टोपेका”
  • Sardinian: “Topeka”
  • Scots: “Topeka”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Topeka, Kansas”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Topeka”
  • Serbian: “Topeka”
  • Serbian: “Топека”
  • Serbian: “Топика”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Topeka, Kansas”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Topeka”
  • Sicilian: “Topeka”
  • Silesian: “Topeka”
  • Sinhala: “ටෝපෙකා”
  • Slovak: “Topeka”
  • Slovenian: “Topeka”
  • South Azerbaijani: “توپکا، کانزاس”
  • Spanish: “Topeka (Kansas)”
  • Spanish: “Topeka”
  • Swahili: “Topeka, Kansas”
  • Swahili: “Topeka”
  • Swedish: “Topeka, Kansas”
  • Swedish: “Topeka”
  • Tagalog: “Topeka, Kansas”
  • Tagalog: “Topeka”
  • Talysh: “Topika”
  • Tamil: “டொபீகா”
  • Tamil: “ரொபேகா”
  • Tatar: “Топика”
  • Telugu: “టొపేక”
  • Thai: “โทพีกา”
  • Turkish: “Topeka, Kansas”
  • Turkish: “Topeka”
  • Ukrainian: “Топіка (Канзас)”
  • Ukrainian: “Топіка”
  • Urdu: “ٹوپیکا، کنساس”
  • Urdu: “ٹوپیکا”
  • Uzbek: “Topeka”
  • Venetian: “Topeka”
  • Vietnamese: “Topeka, Kansas”
  • Vietnamese: “Topeka”
  • Volapük: “Topeka”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Topeka, Kansas”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Topeka”
  • Welsh: “Topeka, Kansas”
  • Welsh: “Topeka”
  • Western Frisian: “Topeka”
  • Western Mari: “Топика”
  • Wu Chinese: “托皮卡”
  • Yakut: “Топика”
  • Yoruba: “Topeka”
  • Yue Chinese: “托皮卡”
  • “Topeka”

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