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.
Shantou, referred to as "Shantou", a prefecture-level city and special economic zone in Guangdong Province, is an important port city along the southeast coast, an important gateway to the Maritime Silk Road, a central city in eastern Guangdong, and a deputy central city in Guangdong Province. As of 2018, the city has jurisdiction over six districts and one county, with a total area of 2198.7 square kilometers and a resident population of 5.6385 million. Shantou is located in the Chaoshan area of eastern Guangdong, at the southern end of the Han River Delta, Chaozhou to the north, Jieyang to the west, and the South China Sea to the southeast across the sea from Taiwan. The three rivers Hanjiang, Rongjiang and Lianjiang enter the sea is the only city where Chinese mainland has an inner bay. Shantou is an open port city along China's coast, a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, and one of the earliest special economic zones in China. There are more than 5 million overseas Chinese and compatriots in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, covering more than 100 countries and regions in the world. ..