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.
Wudu District, under the jurisdiction of Longnan City, Gansu Province, is located in the southeast of Gansu Province, the central part of Longnan City and the middle reaches of the Bailong River. Wudu began as a place name in the pre-Qin Dynasty, Wudu County in the Western Han Dynasty, Jiizhou in the Tang Dynasty, Wudu County in the Republic of China, and the county was withdrawn in 2004. Wudu District is the political, economic, cultural, transportation center and military center of Longnan, and one of the regional central cities in the southeast of Longnan. It has jurisdiction over 4 subdistrict offices, 26 towns, 8 townships, 2 ethnic townships, 50 communities and 649 villages, covering an area of 4683 square kilometers; the total population is 602829, the resident population is 568100, and the urbanization rate is 40.56% (2017). Wudu District is located in the junction of Qin and Ba Mountains, known as "Ba Shu throat, Qin long lock key". It is the friend of Gansu, Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces.