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.
Bazhou District, which belongs to Bazhong City, Sichuan Province, is located in the northeast of Sichuan Province, at the southern foot of Dabashan Mountain, between longitude 106 °21 °7 east and latitude 31 °31 °4 'north, Tongjiang County and Pingchang County in the east, Yilong County in Nanchong City in the south, Enyang District in the west and Nanjiang County in the north. Bazhou District covers an area of 1407 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 9 streets, 15 towns and 8 townships. In 2017, the registered population of Bazhou District was 752000. In 2016, the GDP of Bazhou District reached 12.763 billion yuan, an increase of 8.1%. It is a low mountain area in the north, high in the north and low in the south. It is a subtropical humid monsoon climate with an average annual temperature of 17 ℃. Bazhou District is an important town in northern Sichuan, with a traffic hub. It has been ruled by states, counties and counties since the Eastern Han Dynasty. In the year 22 (