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.
Qingyuan Manchu Autonomous County belongs to Fushun City, Liaoning Province, and is located in the eastern mountain area of Liaoning Province, bordering Meihekou City, Jilin Province. It is the eastern gate of Liaoning Province and belongs to the junction zone of four cities and seven counties. It is bordered by Dongfeng County, Meihekou City and Liuhe County in Jilin Province in the east, Xinbin Manchu Autonomous County in the south, Fushun County and Tieling County in the west, and Xifeng County and Kaiyuan City in the north. The geographical coordinates are 124 °2006 "- 125 °28058" east and 41 °470052 "- 42 °280025" north. The total area of the county is 3932.96 square kilometers. By 2010, Qingyuan Manchu Autonomous County had jurisdiction over 9 towns and 5 townships, with a total population of 336169, including Manchu, Han, Korean, Hui, Mongolian and Xibe.