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.
Luohe City, a municipality of Henan Province, is located on the southwest edge of the North China Plain. Funiu Mountain in the west and plain in the east is the joint of the second and third steps on the Chinese terrain; it is located on the southern edge of the warm temperate zone and belongs to the warm transitional monsoon climate. In the course of the year, there is an alternation of hot and cold and four distinct seasons. It has jurisdiction over 3 municipal districts and 2 counties with a total population of 2.8413 million in 2018. Luohe has a long history. The seven-tone bone flute, the national treasure unearthed at the Jiahu site, is the earliest musical instrument in the world; the oracle bone inscription symbol found 8000-9,000 years ago is the earliest written prototype in the world so far; the wine-making relics unearthed push the history of human wine-making to more than 9000 years ago; Xu Shen, who compiled the world's earliest dictionary Shuo Wen Jie Zi, also lived in this land. November 2018, enter