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.
Luobei County, which belongs to Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province, is located in the northeast of Heilongjiang Province, at the confluence of the southern foot of Xiaoxingan Mountains and Sanjiang Plain, with geographical coordinates of 130 °01 in the east and 47 °12 in the north. The northeast of the county is bounded by Heilongjiang across the river from Russia, and the border is 146.5 kilometers long. It is connected with Jiayin County in the northwest, Hegang City and Tangyuan County in the west and Suibin County in the east. In 2011, the GDP of Luobei County reached 2.6 billion yuan, an increase of 25.3% over the same period in 2010. In 2012, Luobei County had jurisdiction over 6 towns, 2 townships, 1 ethnic township and 63 administrative villages. With a total population of 230000 and a total area of 6784 square kilometers, the county people's government is stationed in Fengxiang Town. October 22, 2018