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.
Heshui County, which belongs to Qingyang City, Gansu Province, is located in the east of Gansu Province, between longitude 107 °51 & #39;-108 °42 & #39;, latitude 35 °36 & #39;-36 °37 & #39;, Fuxian County, Shaanxi Province in the east, Xifeng District and Qingcheng County in the west, Ningxian County in the south, Huachi County and Zhidan County in Shaanxi Province in the north. The total area is 2941.78 square kilometers. As of 2016, Heshui County has jurisdiction over 5 towns and 7 townships, a total of 5 communities, 80 villages and 498 village groups, with a total population of 178400. There are nine ethnic groups, including Han, Hui, Mongolian, Manchu, Dongxiang, Miao, Zhuang, Tujia and Yugu. It is the famous hometown of Yellow River elephants and ancient stone carvings.