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.
Qitaihe City, a prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province, is located in the eastern part of Heilongjiang Province, south of Jiamusi City, at the western end of Wanda Mountain Mountains, belonging to low mountains and hills, high in the southeast and low in the northwest, located in the middle latitude, with a cold temperate climate and continental monsoon climate; the city has a total area of 6221 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 3 districts and 1 county; the registered population is 777100 in 2018. Qitaihe is located in the center of the urban agglomeration in the east of Heilongjiang Province. Mujia High Speed Railway, Mu Jia Railway, Heda Expressway, Yiqi Expressway and Raogai Highway run through the whole territory, connecting with provincial capital and surrounding cities and counties, and forming a regional strategic cooperation city with 14 cities (states) in the eastern part of Northeast China. Qitaihe area is one of the birthplaces of the Sushen nationality; it was once the headquarters of the Jidong Provincial Party Committee and the second Route Army of the Anti-Japanese Union. Seven sets