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.
Chuzhou, for short, is called Tuzhong, Qingliu and Xinchang in ancient times. It is the municipality of Anhui province, the city of Nanjing metropolitan area, the core city of Hefei metropolitan area, the member city of Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, the Jiangbei gate of Nanjing, the northern wing city of national Wanjiang demonstration zone, the central city of eastern Anhui, and the important hub city of Jianghuai region. Chuzhou is located on the north bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the western end of the Yangtze River Delta, the eastern part of Anhui Province, and the confluence area of Jiangsu and Anhui. The city has 2 districts, 4 counties under jurisdiction and 2 county-level cities in escrow, with a total land area of 13398 square kilometers and a resident population of 4.03 million. Chuzhou was the land of Tangyi as early as the pre-Qin period (now Nanjing.