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.
Kuqa is a Turkic transliteration, a place name in Uygur language and a meaning of hutong. "it is named because it is an important street in the hinterland of southern Xinjiang." "Kuche" has been written in many ways since ancient times, such as "Qiu ci", "qu Zi", "qu Xian", "Jiuzi", "Ku fork" and so on. It was named Kuche in 1758. It is said that "Kuqa" is an ancient Qiuci language, meaning "the city of Qiuci people". Kuqa County, which belongs to Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, is located in the central and western part of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, and belongs to the eastern end of Aksu region. The geographical location is between 40 °46 °N and 42 °35'N and 82 °35 °E and 84 °17'E. Kuqa County covers an area of 15200 square kilometers (2009). Kuqa County is a famous national historical and cultural city, with a large number of ancient city walls, temples, grottoes, beacons,