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.
Xide County belongs to Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, with geographical coordinates of 102 °42'E and 28 °32 °N. It is located in the southwest of Sichuan Province, the north-central part of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, bordering on the north and west, Zhaojue in the east and southeast, Mianning County and Xichang City in the west and southwest, 78 km south of Xichang City, and 483 km north of Chengdu. Xide County is 70.8km long from north to south, 59.5km from east to west and covers an area of 2200.4 square kilometers, equivalent to 3300600 mu. There are Yi, Tibetan, Qiang, Miao, Hui, Mongolian, Tujia, Su, Manchu, Yao, Dong, Naxi, Buyi, Bai, Zhuang and Dai nationalities in Xide County. From January to June 2007, the gross domestic product of Xide County reached 3079.