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.
Qinzhou District belongs to Tianshui City, Gansu Province. Qinzhou District, located in the southeast of Gansu Province, is the seat of Tianshui Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government. Qinzhou District has jurisdiction over 13 towns and 3 townships, 420 administrative villages, 7 subdistrict offices and 43 community neighborhood committees. The total administrative area of the region is 2442 square kilometers, with a total population of 690000 (2012). In 2011, the region's GDP reached 12 billion yuan, an increase of 20% over the same period last year; investment in fixed assets reached 8.35 billion yuan, an increase of 30% over the same period last year; the added value of industries above scale reached 2.92 billion yuan, an increase of 15.2% over the same period last year; and large-caliber fiscal revenue reached 1.2 billion yuan, an increase of 29% over the same period last year