Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas are not the same city
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'''Kansas City''' is a city that straddles western [[Missouri]] and in eastern [[Kansas]]. It is the largest city in Missouri with an estimated population of 444,965 as of 2005; however, the St. Louis Metro region is larger then the Kansas City Metro Area. Typically the two state region is referred to as "Kansas City" with "KCMO" referring to the Missouri side and the Kansas side as either Johnson County or "KCK".<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFPopulation?_event=ChangeGeoContext&geo_id=16000US2938000&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=Kansas+City%2C+MO&_cityTown=Kansas+City%2C+MO&_state=&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=population_0&ds_name=null&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null®=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry= U.S. Census]</ref>
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'''Kansas City, Missouri''' is a city in western [[Missouri]]. There is also a Kansas City located nearby in eastern [[Kansas]]. It is the largest city in Missouri with an estimated population of 444,965 as of 2005 <ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFPopulation?_event=ChangeGeoContext&geo_id=16000US2938000&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=Kansas+City%2C+MO&_cityTown=Kansas+City%2C+MO&_state=&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=population_0&ds_name=null&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null®=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry= U.S. Census]</ref>
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; however, the St. Louis Metro region is larger then the Kansas City Metro Area. Typically the two state region is referred to as "Kansas City" with "KCMO" referring to the Missouri side and the Kansas side as either Johnson County or "KCK".
Kansas City is known as the "City of Fountains" because it has more fountains than any city in the world other than [[Rome]].<ref>http://www.kcfountains.org/education/diduknow.htm</ref>
Kansas City is known as the "City of Fountains" because it has more fountains than any city in the world other than [[Rome]].<ref>http://www.kcfountains.org/education/diduknow.htm</ref>