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.
Huocheng County: a county directly under Yili Prefecture, Xinjiang (in the former Yili area). Huocheng County is located in the open area of the northwest of Yili River Valley. It is a border county dominated by agriculture and the combination of agriculture and animal husbandry. The county is adjacent to Tianshan and Wenquan County of Bortala Mongolia Autonomous Prefecture in the north, across the river to the south, Yining to the east, and Horgos and Kazakhstan to the west. The boundary line is 183 kilometers long, with unique geographical advantages along the border, along the road, along the river and along the mountains. It is the west gate of China, the gateway to Yili and the "throat" to Central and West Asia and other countries. Huocheng County is 120km long from north to south and 85km wide from east to west, with a total area of 5460 square kilometers. Huocheng County has jurisdiction over 3 towns, 7 townships and 1 development zone, with a total population of 364000 (2013) and 29 ethnic groups. two