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.
Heshan District, which belongs to Hebi City, Henan Province, is located at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain in the north of Henan Province. It is named because of the ancient double cranes perched on the cliffs of Nanshan Mountain. It is bordered by Shilin Town, Shancheng District, Hebi City and Matoujian Township, Anyang City in the east, Linzhou City and Anyang County in the west, Lulou Township in Shancheng District, Anyang City in the south, and Longan District and Anyang County in Anyang City in the north. It is about 17.6km long from east to west and 15.8km wide from north to south, with a total area of 159square kilometers and a total population of 131000 (2013). In March 2019, it was listed as the first batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization district and county list.