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.
Lianshan District, located in the northeast of Huludao City, is a municipal district under the jurisdiction of Huludao City, Liaoning Province. It is a comprehensive administrative district with the integration of urban and rural areas established on the basis of the former Jinxi City (county level) approved by the State Council in 1989. It has jurisdiction over 16 rural townships, 9 urban subdistrict offices, 2 provincial development zones-Liaoning Province Poverty Alleviation Experimental Zone and Yangjiazhangzi Economic and technological Development Zone. The total area is 1651.4 square kilometers and the total population is 682200, of which the urban population is 300000 (2011). It is located at 120 °51 east longitude and 40 °45 north latitude, bordering Jinzhou Economic Development Zone, Linghai City and Taihe District of Jinzhou City in the east and northeast, Nanpiao District in the north, Xingcheng City in the south, Jianchang County and Chaoyang County in the west and northwest.