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.
Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Autonomous Prefecture, referred to as Haixi Prefecture, is located in the north of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the west of Qinghai Province, with high terrain in the northwest and low in the southeast, which is a typical alpine and dry continental climate zone; the state has a total area of 300700 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 3 county-level cities, 3 counties and 1 administrative region; in 2017, the resident population is 515200. Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is the Qudi of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with Tibet in the south, Gansu in the north and Xinjiang in the west. It is at the center of the confluence of the four provinces and regions of Qinghai, Gansu and New Tibet, and was once the auxiliary road of the ancient "Silk Road" leading to the Western region. Lanxila optical cable, Qingxin optical cable, Qinghai-Tibet 750 kV AC / DC interconnection line run through the whole territory, Golmud-Lhasa product oil pipeline and Xianning-Lanlan gas pipeline are distributed, Qinghai-Tibet railway and national highway.