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.
Linyi County belongs to Dezhou City, Shandong Province, adjoins Shanghe County of Jinan City to the east, Yucheng City, Pingyuan County and Ling County to the west, Tuhe River and Qihe County to the south, Majiahe River and Leling City to the north, 50 kilometers to Dezhou to the west, 60 kilometers to Jinan to the south, 300 kilometers to Beijing and 200 kilometers to Tianjin to the north, 100 kilometers to Binzhou Wharf and 300 kilometers to Qingdao Wharf to the east. Located in the economic circle around the Bohai Sea, the Yellow River Delta and the "Jingjiu" economic development zone. In 2017, Linyi County, with a total area of 1016 square kilometers, has jurisdiction over eight towns, one township, three streets and one provincial economic development zone with a population of 545000. In 2017, Linyi County achieved a GDP of 28.43 billion yuan. In 2016, the work of removing counties and establishing cities in Linyi County was carried out in an all-round way. December 29, 2018