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.
Xixiu District, which belongs to Anshun City, is located in the hinterland of Zhongxiang Department of Guizhou Province, 90 kilometers west of Guiyang City, the seat of Anshun Municipal Government, and the political, economic, scientific, technological and cultural center of Anshun City. Known as "the belly of Guizhou, the throat of Yunnan, the lips and teeth of Guangdong and Shu" and "strangled Yunnan and Guizhou", it has always been regarded as the "dry wharf" and "the prosperity of commerce in the whole province". It has jurisdiction over 7 townships, 8 towns and 6 streets, with a total area of 1704.5 square kilometers and a total population of 625600 (2013). Xixiu District is an excellent selection of karst scenery tourism in the world and the tourism center of the western route of Guizhou. In 1985, it was approved by the State Council as an open city for Class A tourism in China. It is known as "the pearl on the tourism line", "the hometown of batik", "the hometown of local opera" and "the hometown of Tunpu culture". September 25, 2018