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.
Liaoning Province, referred to as "Liao", is the provincial administrative region of the people's Republic of China and the capital of Shenyang. Liaoning Province is located in the south of Northeast China, bounded by 38 °43 & # 39 N, 118 °53 & # 39 E, 118 °53 & # 39 E, bordering the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea in the south, Hebei in the southwest, Inner Mongolia in the northwest, Jilin in the northeast, and North Korea across the river by the Yalu River in the southeast, covering a total area of 148600 square kilometers. The topography of Liaoning Province is roughly from north to south, tilting from the east and west sides to the middle, the mountains and hills are separated from the east and west, descend to the central plain, and incline to the Bohai Sea in the shape of a horseshoe, which is composed of mountains, hills and plains; across the Liao River, Hun River, Daling River, Taizi River, Laoyang River and Yalu River