Wichita (/ˈwɪtʃɪtɔː/ WITCH-ih-taw) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532. The Wichita metro area had a population of 647,610 in 2020. It is located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River.
Wichita began as a trading post on the Chisholm Trail in the 1860s and was incorporated as a city in 1870. It became a destination for cattle drives traveling north from Texas to Kansas railroads, earning it the nickname "Cowtown". Wyatt Earp served as a police officer in Wichita for around one year before going to Dodge City.
Aksu region, one of the five regions of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, is based in Aksu City. It is located in the middle of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, the southern foot of the middle part of Tianshan Mountains, the north of Tarim Basin, Bayingol Mongolia Autonomous Prefecture in the east, Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture in the west, Kashgar Autonomous region in the southwest, Hotan Autonomous Prefecture in the south, Yili Autonomous Prefecture in the north and Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan in the northwest. The total area is 132500 square kilometers, accounting for 8% of the area of Xinjiang. Aksu area has jurisdiction over 1 city and 8 counties, with a total of 84 townships. In 2016, Aksu has a total population of 2.5083 million (excluding the city of Alar), which is composed of 36 ethnic groups and is a multi-ethnic area dominated by Uygur. Aksu region has won the country successively.