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.
Nanle County, which belongs to Puyang City, Henan Province, is located at the northeast end of Henan Province. It has jurisdiction over 4 towns and 8 townships with a population of 528600 (2012). It is located in the Central Plains, in the south of North China Plain, and at the confluence of Henan, Hebei and Shandong provinces. there are Daguang Expressway, Nanlin Expressway, 106National Highway and 341National Highway. And Hebei Handan, Shandong Liaocheng border, the territory of 623 square kilometers. Nanle County is the hometown of Sheng Cangjie. Tang Dynasty eminent monks, astronomers and his party's hometown, specializing in the ancient Maotai-flavor wine "Xuanjiu" and so on. It was calculated that the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2012 was 10.79613 billion yuan, an increase of 14.3% over the previous year at comparable prices.