The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With 8,472 square miles (21,940 km2) and a population of more than 2.2 million people, it is the second-largest metropolitan area centered in Missouri (after Greater St. Louis) and is the largest metropolitan area in Kansas, though Wichita is the largest metropolitan area centered in Kansas. Alongside Kansas City, Missouri, these are the suburbs with populations above 100,000: Overland Park, Kansas; Kansas City, Kansas; Olathe, Kansas; Independence, Missouri; and Lee's Summit, Missouri.
Aheqi, Kirgiz language, meaning Bletilla splendens, used to have a large area of Achnatherum splendens beach, hence the name. Aheqi County is a border county located in the hinterland of the southern Tianshan Mountains in the west of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region. it is located in alpine mountains. it is 198km long from east to west, 132km wide from north to south, and covers an area of 16800 square kilometers. it borders Wushi County in the east, Keping County in the southeast, Bachu County in the south and Atushi City in the southwest, and the Kyrgyz Republic in the north and west. The border is 305.3 km long. It has 46 Tongwai mountain passes. The elevation of the county is between 1730 and 5958 meters, and the topography shows the overall characteristics of "two mountains sandwiched with one valley". It is known as "nine mountains, half water and half land". In 2013, the total population of Aheqi County was 34000, including Han.