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.
Gaozhou, county-level cities under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, important small and medium-sized cities of Beibu Gulf Urban agglomeration in China, economically strong counties (cities) in mountainous areas of Guangdong Province, educational counties (cities) of Guangdong Province, and county medical centers of Guangdong Province, the comprehensive strength of economic and social development has long been in the forefront of Guangdong counties. Gaozhou is located in the southwest of Guangdong Province, southwest of Guangdong, near the South China Sea in the east, Jianjiang Plain in the south, Guangxi in the west, Yunkai Mountain in the north, six counties and cities in Guangdong and Guangxi in the west, Yangchun City and Dianbai District in the east, Maonan District in the south and Xinyi City in the north, bordering Huazhou City in the southwest and Beiliu City in Guangxi in the northwest. Gaozhou, formerly known as Maoming County and Gaozhou County, evolved from the administration of Maoming County by Gaozhou Prefecture (Road) in the Yuan Dynasty, while the place name of "Gaozhou" evolved from "Gaoliang". Before the Sui Dynasty, Gaoliang County was in the area of Enping and Yangjiang; since the Sui and Tang dynasties