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.
Muchuan County, under the jurisdiction of Leshan City, Sichuan Province, is located in the southwest of Sichuan Basin, the triangle between Minjiang River, Dadu River and Jinsha River in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. It is bordered by Yibin in the east, Pingshan County in the south, Shawan District and Jianwei County in the north, Ebian County in the west and Mabian County in the southwest. It covers an area of 1408 square kilometers with a population of 260000. The territory has fresh air, beautiful scenery, rich products and simple folk customs, with a forest coverage rate of 77.34%, known as "natural oxygen bar" and "green pearl". It is the pilot county of the national ecological civilization demonstration project, the national ecological demonstration area, the national key ecological functional area, the hometown of bamboo in China, the national greening model county, the national forestry science and technology demonstration county, and the best green eco-tourism county in China. On July 31, 2018, the Sichuan Provincial Government approved Muchuan County to withdraw from poverty.