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.
Toksun County, which belongs to Turpan City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, is located in the central and eastern part of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, at the southern foot of Tianshan Mountains and in the west of Turpan Basin. Its geographical coordinates are: longitude 87 °1405"-89 °11008 "east, latitude 41 °21114"-43 °180011" north, adjacent to Gaochang District, Turpan City in the east, Yuli County in Bazhou to the south, Heshuo and Hejing County in Bazhou to the west, and Urumqi to the north. The county town of Toksun is 162 kilometers away from Urumqi. Tokson County covers an area of 16171.47 square kilometers and has a population of 138000 (2013). The main scenic spots in Tokson County are Panjil strange Stone Forest, Kerr alkali rock painting, Kerr alkali tourist area, Ten Thousand Buddha Palace and so on.