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Listings  Kansas City, Kansas is the third largest city in the
U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Wyandotte County; it
is part of the "Unified Government" which also includes the
cities of Bonner Springs and Edwardsville. As of the 2000
census, the city population was 146,867. Topeka is the capital
of the State of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County,
which is named after the Shawnee Indians. It has a population of
122,377 as of the 2000 census. The Topeka Metropolitan
Statistical Area, which includes Shawnee, Jackson, Jefferson,
Osage, and Wabaunsee counties, has an estimated population of
226,268 in the year 2003