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.
Shule County is located in the southwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, northwest of Kashi region, bordering Jiashi and Yuepu Lake County in the east, Yingjisha County in the south, Aktao County in Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture in the west, and Shufu County in the northwest, facing Kashi City and Shufu County in the north across the Kizil River. Shule County has a total area of 2262.75 square kilometers. Shule County has jurisdiction over 3 towns and 12 townships. Shule Town has Uygur, Han, Hui, Uzbek, Kirgiz, Tajik, Mongolian and other ethnic groups. The county people's government is stationed in Shule town. In 2008, Shule County achieved a GDP of 2.51 billion yuan. There are Zhang Qian Park, Zhang Qian Memorial Hall, Shule History Museum, Science, Technology and Culture Center, Nurlan Garden, Baiguo Ecological Park, Yafuquan Desert Populus euphratica in Shule County.