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.
Taiping District, Fuxin City, Liaoning Province, is located in the southeast of Fuxin City. It borders Haizhou District in the west and Xihe District, Fuxin County and Xinqiu District in the east. As of 2013, the Taiping area covers an area of 94.7 square kilometers with a total population of 180000. It has jurisdiction over 5 streets and 1 town, with a total of 55 communities and 11 villages. In 2013, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Taiping District totaled 4.25952 billion yuan, industrial enterprises above the scale of industrial output value 7.80394 billion yuan, industrial enterprises above main business income 7.700209 billion yuan, industrial enterprises above total profit 127.465 million yuan, industrial enterprises above tax scale 281.025 million yuan, and total retail sales of consumer goods.