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.
Mingshui County, under the jurisdiction of Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province, is located in the southwest of Heilongjiang Province, northwest of Songnen Plain. It is bordered by Helen in the east, Lindian in the west, Qinggang in the south and Baiquan in the north. It is 86 km long from east to west and 31.5 km wide from north to south. The total area is 2400 square kilometers, with an area of 1.63 million mu of arable land, 700000 mu of grassland and 540000 mu of woodland. Mingshui County has jurisdiction over 5 towns and 7 townships with a population of 350000 (2010). Mingshui is located at high latitudes and belongs to the sub-humid climate of mid-temperate zone, with an average temperature of 2.9 ℃, annual sunshine of 2800 hours and annual average precipitation of about 480mm. Mingshui County is known as "one forest, two grasses, seven fields". National Highway 202 (Harbin first Class Highway) runs through the whole territory, and forms traffic extending in all directions with Minghai, Mingsan and Mingshen secondary national roads.