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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.

Ya'an, a prefecture-level city of Sichuan Province, is located at the western edge of Sichuan Basin and the eastern foot of Qionglai Mountain, with Chengdu, Ganzi to the east, Liangshan to the south and Aba to the north, 120km away from Chengdu; it belongs to the mountainous area on the western edge of Sichuan Basin, spanning the Sichuan Basin and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau; the climate type is subtropical monsoon humid climate; the total area of the city is 15046 square kilometers, under the jurisdiction of 2 districts and 6 counties; the total population in 2017 is 1.5378 million. Ya'an is located at the intersection of Sichuan-Tibet and Sichuan-Yunnan Highway, 120 kilometers away from Chengdu. It is the transition zone between Sichuan Basin and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the transition zone between Han culture and national culture, and the transition zone between modern central city and primitive natural ecological area. it was the gateway and necessary road of the ancient southern Silk Road and was once the capital of Xikang Province. It is the history and culture of Sichuan Province.
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