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.
Xing'an District, which belongs to Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province, is located in the southwest of Hegang City, adjacent to vegetable Garden Township in Dongshan District in the north, Xinhua Farm and Xinhua Town in the south, Qingshi Mountain in the west and Nanshan District in the east. It is between 12940 east longitude & #39;-130 57 & #39;, 47 °4 & #39;-47 °6 & #39;. The maximum horizontal distance from east to west is 11 kilometers, and the maximum vertical distance from north to south is 20 kilometers, with a total area of 259.6 square kilometers, accounting for 1.79 percent of the total area of the city. The name of Xing'an District comes from the place name of "Xingantai". Xing'an District was officially established in December 1960. As of 2018, Xing'an District has jurisdiction over 6 streets and 1 town. As of 2016, there are 6 under the jurisdiction of Xing'an District.