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.
Huanggang, a prefecture-level city in Hubei Province, is located in eastern Hubei Province, the southern foot of the Dabie Mountains, the north bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and the middle section of the Beijing-Kowloon Railway; it gradually tilts from north to south, and the northeast is bordered by the Dabie Mountains at the junction of Henan and Anhui; it has jurisdiction over seven counties, two cities and one district; the total area is 17453 square kilometers; the total population of the city in 2018 is 7.5 million. Huanggang has a long history and culture, with a history of more than 2000 years, which has given birth to a large number of scientific and cultural giants, such as Daoxin, Hongrong and Huineng, the four ancestors of Chinese Zen Buddhism, Bi Sheng, the inventor of movable type printing in the Song Dynasty, Li Shizhen, the medical saint of the Ming Dynasty, Li Siguang, the giant of modern geological science, Wen Yiduo, the patriotic poet scholar, Huang Kan, the philosopher Xiong Shili, and the literary critic Hu Feng. In addition, there are State President Li Xiannian, acting Chairman Dong Biwu and other political figures. Yellow