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.
Shapotou District (Zhongwei City), which belongs to Zhongwei City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous region, is located in the central and western part of Ningxia, between 104 °17-#39;-106 °10-#39; east longitude and 36 °06-#39;-37 °50-#39; north latitude. It is bordered by Zhongning County in the east, Tongxin County, Haiyuan County and Jingyuan County in Gansu Province in the south, Jingtai County in Gansu Province in the west, and Alashan left Banner in Inner Mongolia Autonomous region in the north. The territory is 115.3 kilometers long from east to west and 81.4 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of 5922.4 square kilometers. The total population is 403200 (2015). In 2011, the total industrial output value of Shapotou District reached 6.65 billion yuan, an increase of 16.4% over 2010.