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.
Kashgar, which belongs to the Kashgar region of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, is located in the southwest edge of Xinjiang, west of the Tarim Basin, east of the Taklimakan Desert, south of the Karakoram Mountains and Ali region of Tibet, and west of the Pamir Plateau. It is the westernmost border city in China and the resident of the administrative office of Kashgar region. Kashgar covers an area of 1056.8 square kilometers and has a population of 627900 (2016). It has jurisdiction over 6 streets, 2 towns and 9 townships. Kashgar is the political, economic, cultural and transportation center of southern Xinjiang, and the largest distribution center of agricultural and animal husbandry products. It is also an important commercial port on the ancient Silk Road, the throat hub of the transportation between the East and the West, and an important intersection of economy, culture and civilization between the East and the West. In December 1986, Kashgar was listed as a famous historical and cultural city in China. In May 2004, Kashgar was named Zhongzhong.