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.
Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, one of the eight autonomous prefectures in Yunnan Province, is the capital of Shangri-La. Tibetan means "auspicious place". It is located in the northwest of Yunnan Province, at the junction of Yunnan, Tibet and Sichuan provinces, the Hengduanshan vein longitudinally arranged in the north and south of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the hinterland of the Jinsha, Lancang and Nujiang parallel rivers. The Lancang River and Jinsha River run through the whole territory from north to south, covering a total area of 23870 square kilometers. Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture manages one county (Deqin County), one autonomous county (Weixi Lisu Autonomous County) and one county-level city (Shangri-La). There are 26 ethnic groups in Diqing, including Tibetan, Lisu, Han, Naxi, Bai, Hui, Yi, Miao and Pumi, with more than a thousand people. Shangri-La, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, is located on the southern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.