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.
Zhongning County belongs to Zhongwei City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous region. It is located in the middle of Ningxia and the southern end of Ningxia Plain, between 105 degrees 26 minutes east longitude-106 degrees 7 minutes and 37 degrees 9 minutes-37 degrees 50 minutes north latitude. Located on both sides of the Yellow River, it is the transitional zone between the Inner Mongolia Plateau and the Loess Plateau, belonging to the continental monsoon climate zone of the north temperate zone. Litong District and Qingtongxia City in the east, Zhongwei City in the west, Tongxin County in the south, and Alashan left Banner in Inner Mongolia in the north. The county is about 50 kilometers wide from east to west and 60 kilometers from north to south, with a total area of 4226.5 square kilometers and a total population of 336100 (2013). The government is stationed in Ning'an Town. Zhongning County is located in the confluence of two tourist routes from Yinchuan to Liupanshan and from Yinchuan to Shapotou. It is a "dry wharf" running through the northwest and the collection and distribution of the flow of people, logistics and information.