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.
Xianyang, a prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province, is the capital of China's first feudal dynasty "Qin Empire". It is located in the hinterland of Qinchuan, eight hundred miles in Shaanxi Province. Xianyang is the origin of China, bordering the provincial capital Xi'an in the east, Yangling Agricultural High-tech Industry demonstration Zone in the west and Gansu in the northwest. It has jurisdiction over 2 districts, 2 cities and 9 counties, with a total area of 10189.4 square kilometers (644.56 square kilometers of its Western and Western New District is entrusted by Xi'an, not including Yangling District). At the end of 2017, the city's resident population was 4.376 million, and the population of the central urban area was 915000, ranking third in Shaanxi Province, second only to Xi'an and Baoji. Xianyang is China's first-class open city, a national historical and cultural city, a national model city with double support, and national health.