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.
Huocheng County: a county directly under Yili Prefecture, Xinjiang (in the former Yili area). Huocheng County is located in the open area of the northwest of Yili River Valley. It is a border county dominated by agriculture and the combination of agriculture and animal husbandry. The county is adjacent to Tianshan and Wenquan County of Bortala Mongolia Autonomous Prefecture in the north, across the river to the south, Yining to the east, and Horgos and Kazakhstan to the west. The boundary line is 183 kilometers long, with unique geographical advantages along the border, along the road, along the river and along the mountains. It is the west gate of China, the gateway to Yili and the "throat" to Central and West Asia and other countries. Huocheng County is 120km long from north to south and 85km wide from east to west, with a total area of 5460 square kilometers. Huocheng County has jurisdiction over 3 towns, 7 townships and 1 development zone, with a total population of 364000 (2013) and 29 ethnic groups. two