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.
Xiangzhou County, which belongs to Laibin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region, is located in the middle of Guangxi, at the western foot of Dayaoshan Mountain, Xingbin District in the west, Wuxuan County in the south, Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County in the east, Luzhai County and Liujiang District in the north, between 109 °25 degrees east longitude and 110 °06 degrees east longitude and 23 °44 degrees east latitude and 24 °18 degrees north latitude. The town of Xiangzhou County is 189 kilometers away from Nanning, the capital of Guangxi. The administrative area of Xiangzhou County covers a total area of 1898 square kilometers. By the end of 2014, it had jurisdiction over 8 towns and 3 townships, with a total population of 367136, including 292500 permanent residents. In 2014, the county completed a regional GDP of 9.129 billion yuan, an increase of 11.1% over 2013. Xiangzhou County is located in the mountainous and hilly area, with high slopes in the northwest and limestone in the southwest.