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.
Jixi County, which belongs to Xuancheng City, Anhui Province, is located in the south of Anhui Province, one of the six counties of Huizhou, one of the birthplaces of Huizhou culture, known as "the hometown of Huizhou chefs", "no town without emblem, no street without achievements", now under the jurisdiction of Xuancheng City. Jixi is located in the mountainous area of southern Anhui, located in the combination zone of Huangshan Mountains and West Tianmu Mountains, the Yangtze River system and Qiantang River system watershed, Linan City to the east, Ningguo City and Jingde County to the north, Jingde County to the west, Huangshan District of Huangshan City and Shexian County to the west, and Shexian County to the south; between latitude 29 °57 °30 °20 north and longitude 118 °20 °E; the total area of the county is 1126 square kilometers; it has jurisdiction over 8 towns and 3 townships. The total population is 176800 (2014). In 2015, Jixi County completed the area