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In 2004, over 3.2 million visitors came to Wichita to explore the great variety of dining, shopping, and playing options in the city of 580,000 metropolitan residents

Wichita, Kansas fast facts

• Size: 139 square miles

• Population: 582,781 (metropolitan area)
• Founded: 1870 at the banks of the Arkansas River and spearhead of the Chisholm Trail

• Warmest Month: July avg. high 93F, avg. low 70F

• Coldest Month: January avg. high 40F, avg. low 19F
• Sunshine: 128 sunny days a year according to the CIA World Fact book 2001, more than Key West, FL (104), Daytona Beach, FL (97), Honolulu, HI (90) among others.

Wichita Flies High

o Air Capital of the World - 70% of U.S. general aviation aircraft produced in Wichita

o Spirit Aero systems (formerly Boeing commercial division) o Boeing (military division)

o Raytheon (formerly Beech)

o Bombardier (formerly Learjet)

o Cessna

o Airbus

· Most affordable city in the Midwest, Forbes Magazine Online · Easiest commute in the U.S. - 16 minutes on average, Small Market Meetings

· Ranked 35th in "America's Top 100 Places to Live in 2004", RelocateAmerica.com

· "All American City 1999", National League of Cities Famous from Wichita

· Pizza Hut

· White Castle

· Koch Industries - Second largest privately held company in the U.S., Forbes Magazine Online

· The Coleman Company

· 1992 America's Cup

· Kirstie Alley, actress

· Don Johnson, actor

· Joe Walsh, guitarist, The Eagles

· Barry Sanders, former Detroit Lions football player, Heisman trophy winner and member of the Pro Football Hall-of-Fame · Jeff Probst, host of Survivor

· Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture, President of the Motion Picture Association

· William "Buffalo Bill" Cody

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