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.
Yuetang District, which belongs to Xiangtan City, Hunan Province, is located at the northeast end of Xiangtan City, where Xiangjiang River and Lianshui River meet in Hunan Province, Shifeng District of Zhuzhou City in the east, Xiangtan County across Xiangjiang River in the south, Yuhu District across Xiangjiang River in the west, and Changsha County in the north. The geographical center coordinates are 112 degrees 95 minutes east longitude and 27 degrees 87 minutes north latitude. In 2009, the registered population of the whole district was 349577. By 2018, it had jurisdiction over 9 streets. Yuetang District is located in the central area at the junction of Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan, connecting with the frame of the three cities and the key point of Hunan's economic development belt of "five districts and one corridor". It is the political center and important industrial zone of Xiangtan City. it is the key area of "two-type" social construction of Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan urban agglomeration and the forerunner of "two-type" social construction of Xiangtan city. In December 2017, elected.