Sits on the intersection of the Missouri and Kaw (Kansas) rivers, streches north of the river and east to Independence, in total it has 313.5 square miles.
The Kansas City MSA population (according to 2000 census, and the 4 new counties) and land area:
MSA Population: 1,947,694 people
MSA Land Area: 8,723 square miles

Downtown Population (2005): 16,170
Downtown Density (2005): 5,390 ppsm

Sister Cities of Kansas City: Kurashiki, Japan; Tainan City, Taiwan; Freetown, Sierra Leon; Xi’an, China; San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico; Guadalajara, Mexico; Hannover, Germany; Seville, Spain; Morelia, Mexico; Ramle, Israel; Arusha, Tanzania; and Port Harcourt, Nigeria. (Information from KCSkyscrapers.com)

Nicknames:
The City of Fountains
The BBQ Capital of the World
Heart of America
The Home of Jazz

http://www.kcmo.org/index.html
http://www.edckc.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City%2C_Missouri