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.
Tianshui, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Gansu Province, is located in the southeast of Gansu Province, adjacent to Guanzhong Plain. It is an important node city of Guanzhong Plain Urban agglomeration and the sub-core city of Guanzhong-Tianshui Economic Zone. Tianshui, once known as Shangli, Chengji and Qinzhou, is said to be the birthplace of Fuxi and Nu WA, one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization, known as "the hometown of Emperor Xi". Tianshui has jurisdiction over 2 districts and 5 counties, with a total area of 14325 square kilometers and a total population of 3.829 million, including 3.3549 million permanent residents (2018). Tianshui is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, with an elevation of 1000-2100 meters above sea level. The climate is temperate monsoon climate. Tianshui is a famous historical and cultural city in China, an excellent tourist city in China, and one of China's old industrial bases. It has national and provincial enterprise technology centers and engineering.