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.
Helong City, which belongs to Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture of Jilin Province, is located in the southeast of Jilin Province, in the south of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, at the eastern foot of Changbai Mountain, on the north bank of the upper reaches of Tumen River, bordering Longjing City in the east, Antu County in the west, Longjing and Antu cities and counties in the north, and the Democratic people's Republic of Korea in the south across the Tumen River. The population is 314995 (at the end of 2011), most of whom are ethnic Korean, accounting for 51.53% of the total population. It covers an area of 5068.62 square kilometers (2013). In 2015, Helong City achieved a GDP of 5.45 billion yuan. Helong City is known as the hometown of quot; song and dance & quot;, & quot; Jindalai hometown & quot;. In 1883, the Qing government and the Korean king