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.
Bohu County, which is under the jurisdiction of Bayingoleng Mongolia Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang, is located in the middle of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, at the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain, in the southeast of Yanqi Basin, in the lower reaches of Kaidu River, on the west bank of Bosten Lake, at the junction of Heshuo County in the northeast, Yanqi County in the northwest, Korla City in the southwest, and Yuli County in the south. Bohu County was founded in 1971, named after Bosten Lake, the largest inland freshwater lake in the country. As of 2008, Bohu County has jurisdiction over 5 townships and 2 towns, with 29 village committees and 119 village groups; the county has a total area of 3808.6 square kilometers, of which the water area is 1646 square kilometers, accounting for 43.2% of the total area; and the total population is 61830 (2013). It is composed of 18 ethnic groups, including Han, Mongolian, Uygur and Hui. Bohu town, county seat