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.
Heshuo County, which belongs to Bayingol Mongolia Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjiang, derives its name from Heshuo Mongolia. It is located in the central part of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, at the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain, northeast of Yanqi Basin and north by Tianshan Mountain. It is bordered by Toksun County to the east, Yuli County to the south, Yanqi to the west, Hejing to the northwest, and Bosten Lake to the southwest. In 2013, Heshuo County has jurisdiction over 2 towns and 5 townships, with a total population of 75500. In 2013, Heshuo County completed a GDP of 1.88 billion yuan. Local investment in fixed assets totaled 1.215 billion yuan and local revenue reached 150 million yuan. The per capita net income of farmers and herdsmen reached 10809 yuan.