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.
Luxi County, located in the west of Jiangxi Province, is the east gate of Pingxiang, a municipality under the province's jurisdiction, intersects Yuanzhou District of Yichun City in the east, Anfu County and Lianhua County in the south, Anyuan District and Xiangdong District in Pingxiang City in the west, and Shangli County in the north. It covers an area of 960 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over Luxi, Shangbu, Xuanfeng, Nankeng, Yinhe 5 towns and Changfeng, Xin Quan, Zhangjiafang and Yuannan 4 townships with a population of 300000 (2011). Luxi resides at the source of Yuanshui, and the Yuanshuitou River is called Luxi in ancient times, which is the origin of the place name of Luxi County. The territory of Luxi basin covers an area of 510 square kilometers and the river is 52.8 kilometers long. Wugong Mountain is a national AAAA scenic spot. In 2016, the GDP reached 13.874 billion yuan, an increase of 10.1%. On January 25, 2019, Luxi County was selected as the national "safe Agricultural Machinery" in 2018.