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Kansas City, Missouri
US

Kansas City, Missouri is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri encompassing parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties. It is situated at the junction of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers (Kaw Point) and sits opposite Kansas City, Kansas. It is the largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. It is the most populous city in Missouri, the seventh largest city in the Midwest, and the 35th most populous city in the United States. As of 2009, the city had an estimated population of 482,299.