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.
Lianhu District (Lianhu District), the municipal district of Xi'an, is located in the northwest of Xi'an. To the east, North main Street, North Guanzheng Street and Longshou Village are bordered by Xincheng District, West Houhu Railway and North latitude 26 Street are connected with Weiyang District, and the moat and Great Ring River are adjacent to Beilin District and Yanta District in the south. The total area is 38 square kilometers and the total population is 712300 (2015). It has jurisdiction over 9 streets, and the district government is stationed at 159 Beiyuanmen Street. Lianhu District is the starting point of the famous "Silk Road" in history, with large-scale sculptures of "Silk Road", Datang West City, Datang West City Museum and other silk road tourist attractions. Traffic is developed, Longhai railway, Xihu railway transit, there are Huancheng Road, the second Ring Road and other street roads. The monuments are the site of Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty, built in the Ming and Qing dynasties.