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.
Mingshan District, which belongs to Benxi City, Liaoning Province, is located in the northeast of Benxi City, with an area of 408.1 square kilometers. The district has jurisdiction over 1 town and 8 streets, 25 administrative villages and 50 community neighborhood committees, with a resident population of 400000 (2014). Mingshan District is bordered by Pingshan District in the southwest, Xihu District in the northwest, Nanfen District in the south and Benxi Manchu Autonomous County in the east. It is 62 kilometers away from the provincial capital Shenyang, 150 kilometers away from Yingkou, 320 kilometers away from Dalian, 640 kilometers away from the capital Beijing and 610 kilometers away from Tianjin. In 2013, the regional GDP reached 16.57 billion yuan, an increase of 11.3% over 2012.