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.
Liquan County, which belongs to Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, is located in the middle of Guanzhong Plain, Jingyang in the east, Qianxian County in the west, Xinping and Xianyang in the south, Chunhua and Yongshou in the north. Between longitude 108o 17040 "- 108o 41m 46" east and latitude 34o 20050 "- 34o 500002" north, with a total area of 1018 square kilometres. Liquan County has been established for more than 2200 years, with 21 ancient cultural sites and 5 ancient buildings, which is one of the 18 key cultural relics tourism counties in Shaanxi Province. Tang Taizong Li Shimin Zhao Mausoleum covers an area of 300000 mu and is buried with 209. it is the largest royal mausoleum in the world. Zhaoling Museum has a collection of more than 8000 cultural relics. Zhaoling Liujun is famous at home and abroad. In 2018, Liquan County has jurisdiction over 1 street, 11 towns and permanent residents.