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.
Dongxiang District, which belongs to Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province, is located in the eastern part of Jiangxi Province. It is located in the transitional zone between the hills of eastern Jiangxi and the Poyang Lake Plain. Dongxiang District, known as the Gandong Portal, was founded in the seventh year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty (1512). In 2018, it has jurisdiction over 1 street, 9 towns, 4 townships, 3 reclamation farms, 1 forest farm and 1 provincial economic development zone. The total area of the district is 1196 square kilometers, with a total population of 452000, of which the urban population is 220000. Dongxiang District is an important settlement and breeding place of the Jiangyou people. Because most of the area is in the east of Linchuan, it is named Dongxiang. Dongxiang District is 40 kilometers away from Linchuan District of Fuzhou and 96 kilometers away from Nanchang, Shanghai-Kunming Railway, Shanghai-Kunming Expressway, Dongchang Expressway, 320 National Highway and 236 National Highway.