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.
Tiemenguan is a county-level city directly under the jurisdiction of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region. It implements the integrated management system with the second Division of Xinjiang production and Construction Corps and is managed by Xinjiang production and Construction Corps. Located at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains and in the eastern part of the Tarim Basin, it is the traffic hub at the intersection of the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains and the northern slope of the Kunlun Mountains, and a necessary place in the middle of the ancient Silk Road. Tiemenguan City is composed of "one district and two towns", covering an area of 590.27 square kilometers, about 50 kilometers away from Korla, the capital of Bazhou. The name of the city comes from "Tiemenguan", one of the 26 passes in ancient China. No. 1 Xingjiang Road, Tiemenguan City, Municipal people's Government. Tiemenguan City was established on December 29, 2012. On December 29, 2018, the sixth national unity and progress demonstration zone (unit) was named by the State Civil Affairs Commission.