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.
Qiubei County is located in the southeast of Yunnan Province, with geographical coordinates of 103 °34 °E, 104 °45'E and 23 °45 °N, 24 °28'N. It is adjacent to Guangnan County in the east, Yanshan County and Kaiyuan City in the south, Maitreya and Luxi counties across the Nanpanjiang River to the west, and Shizong County and Xilin County in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region to the north. The county is 100km wide from east to west and 70.5km from north to south, with a total area of 4997 square kilometers. At the end of 2007, the total population of Qiubei County was 459000. Eight ethnic groups, including Han, Zhuang, Miao, Yi, Yao, Bai, Hui and Ye, live in the territory. The total population of ethnic minorities is 287000, accounting for 62.52% of the total population. The county people's government is located in Jinping Town, 1452 meters above sea level, 280km away from the provincial capital Kunming and 280km away from Wenshan.