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.
Hot Spring County, which belongs to Bortala Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, is located in the northwest of Xinjiang, the upper reaches of Bortala River, the northern foot of the western part of Tianshan and the western margin of Junggar Basin. It is bordered by Bole to the east, Zhentao Mountain to the south and Huocheng County to the south, and Kazakhstan to the west and north to Kongguoro Obo Mountain and the western part of Alatao Mountain respectively. The county is 139.4 km long from east to west and 64.8km wide from north to south. The area of arable land is 490000 mu, the area of grassland is 6.19 million mu and the forest is 551000 mu. The climate here is warm in winter and cool in summer, with an annual average temperature of 3.6 degrees Celsius. The total annual diameter of surface water is 800 million cubic meters, the groundwater reserves are 310 million cubic meters, and the theoretical water energy reserves are 279000 kilowatts. The population in 2012 was 74600. 2018