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.
Xiantao City is a county-level city directly under the jurisdiction of Hubei Province. Xiantao City is an important member of Wuhan urban agglomeration and the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and the hometown of Asian gymnastics. Xiantao, with a history of more than 1500 years, is one of the birthplaces of Jing-Chu culture. Xiantao depends on the Han River in the north, the Yangtze River in the south and Wuhan in the east. 318 National Highway, Han-Yi High-speed Railway and Shanghai-Chongqing Expressway run from east to west, and Suiyue Expressway and Wuhan City Ring Road (Wuhan sixth Ring Line) run longitudinally through the north and south. Xiantao south to Guangzhou, north to Beijing, east to Shanghai, west to Chengdu and other megacities are all within a radius of 1000 kilometers. As of 2016, Xiantao City has a total area of 2538 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 3 streets, 15 towns and 7 township units with a registered population of 1.5635 million. Xiantao is a national garden city.