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.
Liling, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Hunan Province, is hosted by Zhuzhou City. Liling is located in the east of Hunan Province, adjacent to Xiangdong District and Shangli County, Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province to the east, Liuyang City to the north, Lusong District and Dengkou District, Zhuzhou City to the west, and Youxian County to the south. Liling City has jurisdiction over 19 towns, 4 subdistrict offices, 1 economic development zone and 1 demonstration zone, with a total area of 2156.46 square kilometers and a total population of 1.048302 million. Liling is rich in ceramics and fireworks, which is the origin of under-glaze colorful porcelain in the world, the location of China's "national porcelain" and "Hongguan kiln" and the hometown of Li Kui, the founder of fireworks. It is a "famous historical and cultural city of Chinese ceramics" and "capital of Chinese fireworks". The 15th National Top 100 County list of County economy and basic Competitiveness was released. Liling City ranked 82nd, 84th from the previous year and two more places.