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.
Bowang District, which belongs to Maanshan City, Anhui Province, is located at the easternmost end of Maanshan City, located in the Yangtze River Delta economic circle and Nanjing one-hour metropolitan area, bordering Nanjing Jiangning, Lishui and Gaochun. As of September 2014, Bowang District has jurisdiction over the three towns of Bowang, Xinshi and Danyang, with a total of 37 villages and 3 communities, with a total area of 351square kilometers, a total population of nearly 200000 and a resident population of 172000. Bowang's GDP in 2013 is 7 billion yuan. Bowang area is the national torch plan Bowang shearing machine tool and edge mold industry base, the national shearing machine tool industry well-known brand demonstration area, the national machine tool supervision and inspection center.