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.
Shangqiu, referred to as "Shang", is a prefecture-level city in Henan Province. Shangqiu lies between 114 °49 & # 39 in east longitude and 116 °39 & # 39 in latitude, and 33 °43 & # 39 in north latitude. It spans 168 kilometers from east to west, 128 kilometers from north to south, east to Huaibei of Anhui and Xuzhou of Jiangsu, west to Kaifeng of Henan, Zhoukou of Henan and Bozhou of Anhui, and Heze and Jining of Shandong to the north. Shangqiu City area accounts for about 6.4% of the total area of Henan Province, with an area of 10704 square kilometers. According to the characteristics of its genesis and morphological types, the geomorphology of Shangqiu City can be divided into three types: the Yellow River alluvial plain, the Huaihe alluvial plain and the denuded residual hills. Shangqiu City has a warm temperate continental monsoon climate. Shangqiu City belongs to the Huaihe River Basin and belongs to flood.