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.
Wusu City is located in the northwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, adjoining Karamay City, Kuitun City and Shawan County in the east, Nilke County in the south, Jinghe County in the west and Tori County in the north. The total area of the city is 14393.94 square kilometers, with a total population of 230000 (2012). There are Kazakh, Han, Uygur, Hui, Mongolian and other ethnic groups. It has jurisdiction over 5 streets, 10 towns and 7 townships (including 2 ethnic townships). Wusu was once the territory of the Heshuote tribe of Mongolia, and the Mongolian word "Kurkarawusu", which means "snow and black water", was included in the territory of the motherland as early as the Western Han Dynasty, and later troops were stationed here in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Since the early years of the Qing Dynasty, there has been a prosperous ancient post station located on the shore of Xiushui. Court officials and merchants who come and go from east to west