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.
Fengqiu County, located in the northeast of Henan Province and the southeast corner of Xinxiang City, belongs to Xinxiang, Henan Province. It is between latitude 34 °53 °north and longitude 114 °14 'east. Fengqiu County has a warm temperate continental monsoon climate. The annual average temperature is between 13.5 °C and 14.5 °C, the annual precipitation is 615.1 mm, and the frost-free period is 214days. The county is 38.2 km long from north to south and 48.7 km wide from east to west. It covers an area of 1220.5 square kilometers and an area of 926000 mu of arable land. Jurisdiction over 8 towns and 11 townships (including 1 Hui township) and 607 administrative villages. Fengqiu County is a national key county for poverty development (cancelled in 2020) and a key county for comprehensive agricultural development in Henan Province. Chemical industry, machinery, building materials and papermaking have been formed in Fengqiu County.