Kansas City, Missouri (KC or KCMO) is the biggest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by population and size. Most of the city is in Jackson County, but other parts are in Clay, Platte, and Cass counties. The Kansas River and Missouri River meet one another in Kansas City. The city has about 508,090 people, and the entire metropolitan area has about 2,000,000 people, some of whom live in the state of Kansas. Its mayor is Quinton Lucas. Some sports teams there are the Royals (baseball), the Chiefs (American football), and the Wizards (soccer). Kansas City is well known for some of its barbecue restaurants, and is also an important place for business.

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