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.
Lushi County is under the jurisdiction of Sanmenxia City, Henan Province. Emperor Wudi of the Western Han Dynasty established a county in the fourth year of Yuan Ding (113 BC). Lushi County is adjacent to Lingbao to the north, Luoning and Luanchuan to the east, Xixia to the south, and Luonan, Danfeng and Shangnan counties in Shaanxi Province to the southwest. The county seat is 135 kilometers away from Sanmenxia City. Lushi County, with a total area of 4004 square kilometers and a total population of 382000, has jurisdiction over 9 towns, 10 townships, 277 administrative villages, 10 neighborhood committees, 3114 village groups, 4113 natural villages and 18560 settlements (2018). In 2017, Lushi County achieved a GDP of 9.11027 billion yuan, an increase of 9.1% over the same period last year, of which the added value of the primary industry, the secondary industry and the tertiary industry were 2.17779 billion yuan, 2.9046 billion yuan and 40% respectively.