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.
Huaxi District, which belongs to Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, is located in the hinterland of central Guizhou, the south of Guiyang City, Longli County, Qiannan Prefecture in the east, Gui'an New area in the west, Huishui County and Changshun County in Qiannan Prefecture in the south, and Nanming District and Guanshan Lake District in the north. As of September 2013, Huaxi District has jurisdiction over 2 towns, 7 townships, 18 community service centers, 122 administrative villages and 52 neighborhood committees. The land area is 964.32 square kilometers. In 2013, the GDP of Huaxi District was 27.516 billion yuan, an increase of 17.1% over 2012. The added value of the primary industry is 1.132 billion yuan, the secondary industry is 14.28 billion yuan, and the tertiary industry is 12.104 billion yuan. In October 2018, it was selected as the "Top 100 regions with National Investment potential in 2018". September 2019