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.
Binzhou, formerly known as Luozhou and Luozhou, belongs to Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, located in the west of Weibei Plateau, the middle and lower reaches of Jinghe River, Xunyi County and Chunhua County in the east, Changwu County and Lingtai County in Gansu Province in the west, Yongshou County and Linyou County in the south, and Zhengning County in Gansu Province in the north. It is 120km south from Xianyang, 150km from the provincial capital Xi'an, 160km north from Gansu Pingliang, with a total area of 1185 square kilometers, and has jurisdiction over 8 towns, one street and one administrative village. In 2017, the registered population was 366800. In 2017, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Binzhou was 21.362 billion yuan. In July 2013, Binxian (Binzhou) was awarded the title of "National Greening Model County". In June 2018, counties were removed and cities were established. 2019 Top 100 counties and cities in western China