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.
Jishishan Baoan Dongxiang Salar Autonomous County, which belongs to Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture of Gansu Province, is the only multi-ethnic autonomous county in Gansu Province. it is located in the southwest of Gansu Province, at the eastern foot of Xiaojishi Mountain in the northwest corner of Linxia Prefecture, between longitude 120 °41 east and latitude 35 °34, bordering Linxia County in the southeast, Xunhua Salar Autonomous County in Qinghai Province in the west, and Minhe County in Qinghai Province in the north. The northeast and Yongjing County are bounded by the Yellow River, with a width of about 33 kilometers from north to south and 37 kilometers from east to west, with a total area of 909.97 square kilometers. As of 2011, Jishishan Baoan Dongxiang Salar Autonomous County has jurisdiction over 4 towns, 13 townships, 145 administrative villages, 6 communities and 1296 village groups, with a total population of 25. 5%.