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.
Jishou, referred to as Ji, is the prefecture-level administrative capital of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province. The city is adjacent to Luxi County in the southeast, Huayuan County in the northwest, Fenghuang County in the southwest and Baojing County and Guzhang County in the north. Jishou is located between latitude 28 °08 / 28 °29 'north and longitude 109 °30 / 110 °04' east. The total area is 1078.33 square kilometers, and the urban built-up area of Jishou City in 2018 covers an area of 38 square kilometers. Jishou is located in the hinterland of Wuling Mountain, backed by Wuling Mountain. Jishou's climate is a typical subtropical monsoon humid climate. In 2018, Jishou City has jurisdiction over 1 township, 5 towns and 6 streets. At the end of 2018, the total registered population of Jishou City was 311600, an increase of 0.55% over the previous year, and the resident population was 358200, an increase of 3%.