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.
Phoenix, which belongs to Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Hunan Province, is located on the western edge of Hunan Province, the southwest corner of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, bordered by Luxi County to the east, Jishou City and Huayuan County to the north, Mayang Miao Autonomous County in Huaihua to the south, and Songtao Miao Autonomous County in Tongren Prefecture of Guizhou Province to the west. It is between 109 °18 miles east longitude 109 °48 kilometers east longitude and 27 °44 kilometers north latitude, 28 degrees 19 degrees north latitude, 66 kilometers from north to south and 50 kilometers from east to west, with a total area of 1759.1 square kilometers. It is about 0.84% of the area of Hunan Province, accounting for 8.12% of the whole prefecture area. Phoenix is a famous historical and cultural city in China, one of the first strong tourist counties in China, a national AAAA scenic spot, and one of the eight counties and cities under the jurisdiction of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hunan Province.