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.
Hunan Province, referred to as Hunan, is one of the 23 provinces in China, bounded by 24 °38 degrees north latitude 30 °08 degrees north latitude, 108 °47 degrees east longitude, 114 °15 degrees east longitude, Jiangxi to the east, Chongqing and Guizhou to the west, Guangdong and Guangxi to the south, and Hubei to the north, with a total area of 211800 square kilometers. Hunan is located in the transitional zone from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to Jiangnan hills and Nanling Mountains to Jianghan Plain. Hunan is a horseshoe-shaped landform surrounded by mountains on three sides and opening to the north, which is composed of plains, basins, hills, mountains, rivers and lakes. Hunan is a subtropical monsoon climate across the Yangtze River and Pearl River systems. As of July 2019, Hunan Province has a total area of 211800 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 13 prefecture-level cities and 1 autonomous prefecture. 36 municipal districts, 18 county-level cities, 61 counties and 7 autonomy