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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.

Ya'an, a prefecture-level city of Sichuan Province, is located at the western edge of Sichuan Basin and the eastern foot of Qionglai Mountain, with Chengdu, Ganzi to the east, Liangshan to the south and Aba to the north, 120km away from Chengdu; it belongs to the mountainous area on the western edge of Sichuan Basin, spanning the Sichuan Basin and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau; the climate type is subtropical monsoon humid climate; the total area of the city is 15046 square kilometers, under the jurisdiction of 2 districts and 6 counties; the total population in 2017 is 1.5378 million. Ya'an is located at the intersection of Sichuan-Tibet and Sichuan-Yunnan Highway, 120 kilometers away from Chengdu. It is the transition zone between Sichuan Basin and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the transition zone between Han culture and national culture, and the transition zone between modern central city and primitive natural ecological area. it was the gateway and necessary road of the ancient southern Silk Road and was once the capital of Xikang Province. It is the history and culture of Sichuan Province.
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