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.
Xinluo District (Longyan County, Zhangzhou Capital in ancient times, Ningyang County) is located in the southwest of Fujian, the central city of Longyan and the political, economic and cultural center of western Fujian. Xinluo County was established in 736 AD, Longyan County was changed to Longyan County in 742 AD, county was withdrawn into city in 1981, and the city was withdrawn into district (municipal district) in 1997. Silla District covers an area of 2678 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 7 streets and 13 towns. The resident population is 734000. The registered population is 534000. Zhangzhou Longyan dialect is widely used in Minnan dialect. Xinluo District is the political, economic, cultural and transportation center of western Fujian, an important hub connecting the coast and expanding the hinterland of Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi, an important coastal city in the economic zone on the west coast of the Taiwan Strait, an old revolutionary base and an emerging industrial area. it is an important forest and mining area in Fujian, and it is one of the four major kaolin mining areas in China.