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.
Pingyu County, which belongs to Zhumadian City, Henan Province, is located in the east of Zhumadian City, about 60 kilometers away from the city, bordering Xincai County and Linquan County in Anhui Province in the east, Xiangcheng County and Shangcai County in the north, Zhengyang County in the south and Runan County in the west, with a total area of 1282 square kilometers. As of 2018, Pingyu County has jurisdiction over 3 streets, 11 towns and 5 townships. By the end of 2017, Pingyu County had a resident population of 721700, with a regional gross domestic product (GDP) of 21.51167 billion yuan. According to different industries, the added value of the primary industry, the secondary industry and the tertiary industry was 3.94945 billion yuan, 9.23472 billion yuan and 83.2 yuan respectively.