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.
Keping County, in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty, Keping was called Keping by the Han nationality and Ke'erping in Uygur language. It was not until 1903 when Fenfangxian was established as Keping, and it has been used ever since. Keping, which is said to mean "flood" or "Diwo Zi". Keping County is located in southern Xinjiang, the westernmost end of Aksu area, the southern foot of Altag Mountains, a branch of Tianshan Mountains, and the northern margin of Tarim Basin. The total area of the county is 12047 square kilometers, of which the mountain area is 6393 square kilometers, accounting for 53% of the total area of the county. The county has jurisdiction over one town and four townships, with a total population of 49000 in 2013. In 2012, the GDP of Keping County reached 672 million yuan, an increase of 21.8% over the same period in 2011.