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.
Dongping County, which belongs to Tai'an City, Shandong Province, is located in the southwest of Shandong Province, facing the Yellow River in the west and Mount Tai in the east, with a total area of 1330.44 square kilometers. In 2018, Dongping County has jurisdiction over 3 streets, 9 towns and 2 townships. By the end of 2017, Dongping County had a resident population of 763300, with a gross domestic product (GDP) of 39.653 billion yuan, of which the added value of the primary industry was 4.458 billion yuan, the secondary industry was 18.219 billion yuan, the tertiary industry was 16.976 billion yuan, and the proportion of the third industry was 11.2%. Dongping County is a "national advanced county for scientific and technological progress". Dongping Lake Scenic spot is rated as a national "4A" scenic spot. In June 2010, "Duan Gu Qiang" in Dongping County was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage.