Topeka

City of Topeka
City of Topeka
	Ceety
	Dountoun Topeka Skyline frae Burnett's Mound
	Eik-name(s): Capitol City, T-Town, Top City
	Coordinates: 39°03′21″N 95°41′22″W / 39.05583°N 95.68944°W
Kintra	Unitit States
State	Kansas
Coonty	Shawnee
Foondit	5 Dizember 1854
Incorporated	14 Februar 1857
Govrenment
• Teep	Cooncil-Manager
• Mayor	Larry E. Wolgast
• City Manager	Jim Colson
Area
• Ceety	159.21 km2 (61.47 sq mi)
• Laund	155.84 km2 (60.17 sq mi)
• Water	3.37 km2 (1.30 sq mi)
Elevation	288 m (945 ft)
Population (2010)
• Ceety	127,473
• Estimate (2015)	127,265
• Rank	US: 215t
• Density	800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
• Urban	150,003 (US: 217t)
• Metro	233,791 (US: 193rd)
Demonym(s)	Topekan
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Codes	66601-66612, 66614-66622, 66624-66626, 66628-66629, 66636-66637, 66642, 66647, 66652-66653, 66667, 66675, 66683, 66692, 66699
Aurie code	785
FIPS code	20-71000
GNIS featur ID	0485477
Website	www.topeka.org

Topeka (/toʊˈpiːkə/; Kansa: Tó Pee Kuh) is the caipital ceety o the U.S. state o Kansas an the coonty seat o Shawnee Coonty. It is situatit alang the Kansas River in the central pairt o Shawnee Coonty, locatit in northeast Kansas, in the Central Unitit States. As o the 2010 census, the ceety population wis 127,473.^[9] The Topeka Metropolitan Statistical Aurie, which includes Shawnee, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, an Wabaunsee coonties, haed an population o 233,870 in 2010 census. The ceety is weel kent for the landmark United States Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, which owerturned Plessy vs. Ferguson an declared segregation in public schuils on accoont o race tae be unconstitutional.^[10] Three ships o the US Navy hae been named USS Topeka in honor o the ceety.

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