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.
Xihe District, Fuxin City, Liaoning Province, is located in the west of Liaoning Province, around Fuxin City, bordering Fuxin County, 170 kilometers southeast of Shenyang and 111 kilometers southwest of Jinzhou. The north faces the Inner Mongolia Autonomous region. As of 2009, Xihe District has a total area of 126.46 square kilometers, with an urban area of 14.66 square kilometers, with a total population of 197000, including 157000 in urban areas, 40, 000 in rural areas, 178000 in non-agricultural areas and 19000 in agriculture. It has four streets and one town. In 2013, the GDP of Xihe District reached 4.5 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 30%; the public budget revenue of 440 million yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 52.3%; and the social investment in fixed assets reached 4.5 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 46.8%.