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.
Horgos, which belongs to Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, is located in the western border of China, bordering Kazakhstan, five countries of Central Asia in the west and inland provinces and cities in the east. It is the end of National Highway 312 and Lianhuo Expressway. It is 90km away from Yining, the capital of Yili Prefecture, 670km from Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, 378km away from the central city of Central Asia and Almaty, the former capital of Kazakhstan. The area within the radius of 1000 km is the densely populated area, economically developed area and market center of Central Asia. As of 2016, Horgos has jurisdiction over four subdistrict offices, one ethnic township, one pasture and two bingtuan farms. At the end of 2015, the total population of permanent residents in the city (including bingtuan) was 87200. The area is 1908.