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.
Feicheng, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province, is hosted by Taian City, located in the middle of Shandong Province and at the western foot of Mount Tai, bordering Daiyue District of Taian City in the east and Dongping County of Taian City and Pingyin County of Jinan City in the west. Ningyang County of Taian City and Wenshang County of Jining City are across the river in the south, and Changqing District of Jinan City is bounded by mountains in the north; the total area is 1277 square kilometers. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Fei people scattered here, which was called Feizi Kingdom in ancient times, hence the name of Feicheng. Feicheng County, which was set up in the early Western Han Dynasty, has a history of more than 2200 years. It is the hometown of Zuo Qiuming, the "sage of history" and the place where Fan Li, the "saint of merchants", lives in seclusion. He is known as "the city of a gentleman". There are various types of landforms in Feicheng City. The terrain tilts from northeast to southwest. The highest point is 600 meters above sea level and the lowest is 57.7 meters above sea level. Feicheng is a warm continental monsoon climate zone with four distinct seasons.