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.
Jinta County, which belongs to Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, is located on the northern edge of the middle part of Hexi Corridor, between longitude 97 °58'E and latitude 39 °47 °40 °59', with a total area of 18800 square kilometers. Jinta County is a typical temperate arid continental climate with cold winter, hot summer, large temperature difference, sufficient sunshine and large evaporation. As of 2017, it has jurisdiction over 5 towns, 5 townships and 1 urban community management committee, with 479 village groups and 4 urban communities in 89 administrative villages. As of 2017, the total population of Jinta County is 145600. Huishui County was set up in the second year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (121BC), which has a history of more than 2100 years. It was formerly known as Wang Zizhuang, named because Ju Quli, the eldest son of Beiliang, once established a herding village here.