Topeka (;
Kansa:
Tó Pee Kuh) is the
capital city of the
State of
Kansas and the
seat of
Shawnee County. It is situated along the
Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the
Central United States. As of the
2010 census, the city population was 127,473. The Topeka
Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Shawnee,
Jackson,
Jefferson,
Osage, and
Wabaunsee counties, had a population of 233,870 in the
2010 census.