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Kansas City Hotels and Visitor Information
Region: Great Plains
State: Missouri
Population: 435,146
Elevation: 800 ft
Area Code(s): 816
Information: Kansas City Convention & Visitors Bureau, 1100 Main St, Suite 2550, 64105; phone 816/221-5242 or toll-free 800/767-7700
Email: info@visitkc.com. Web: www.visitkc.com
Area Description:
Although it ranks first in the nation as a farm distribution center and hard wheat market, Kansas City is no prairie cow town. With a horizon punctuated by skyscrapers, it seems a mirage in a patchwork landscape of farms and pastures. An exemplary model of urban planning, the city has been carefully shaped into one of the nation's most progressive.
As the heart of America, Kansas City is not confined by state boundaries: Kansas City, Kan., is divided from Kansas City, Mo., merely by a street named State Line Road. Although the larger Kansas City lies in Missouri, its metropolitan core spreads into seven counties in both Missouri and Kansas. The two politically separate cities, which form the Greater Kansas City area, meld into one economic complex.
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