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Wichita (/ ˈ w ɪ tʃ ɪ t ɔː / ⓘ WITCH-ih-taw) [10] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County. [3] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532, [5] [6] and the Wichita metro area had a population of 647,610. [8] It is located in south-central Kansas along the Arkansas ...
The Wichita, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget, is an area consisting of four counties in south central Kansas, its only principal city is Wichita and its only central county is Sedgwick County. [2] [3] As of the 2023 American Community Survey, the MSA had a population of ...
Wu's parents left China to immigrate to the United States and she was born while her parents lived in Antigua Guatemala in 1984. The family moved to Wichita in 1993. Wu graduated from the International Baccalaureate program at Wichita East High School, earned her bachelor's degree in international business and integrated marketing communication from Wichita State University, and a master's ...
On March 4, 2014, the Wichita City Council approved changing the name from Wichita Mid-Continent Airport to Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport, in honor of former president, general, and Kansas native Dwight D. Eisenhower. [14] [15] Groundbreaking ceremonies for the new terminal took place on September 13, 2012. [16]
Wichita is the principal city of both the Wichita Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and the Wichita-Winfield Combined Statistical Area (CSA). [9] [10] The Wichita MSA encompasses Sedgwick, Butler, Harvey, and Sumner counties and, as of 2010, had an estimated population of 623,061, making it the 84th largest MSA in the United States.
Darius Sales Munger House, built in 1868, is the oldest surviving building in Witchita. [3]Pioneer trader Jesse Chisholm, a half-white, half-Native American who was illiterate but who spoke multiple Native American languages, established a trading post at the site in the 1860s, and Chisholm traded cattle and goods with the Wichita tribe at points south along a trail from Wichita into present ...
Downtown Wichita is the central business district, government and social core of the Wichita metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of Kansas.It is home to several of the area's major landmarks and event venues including the Epic Center, Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center, Intrust Bank Arena, Equity Bank Park, Keeper of the Plains sculpture, the Old Town entertainment district, and ...
Following is a list of mayors of the American city of Wichita, Kansas. [2] As of 2024, there have been 81 people who have served as mayor of Wichita in 103 administrations excluding one honorary mayor.