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.
Pubei County, which belongs to Qinzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region, is located in the south of Guangxi, northeast of Qinzhou City, Bobai County of Yulin City to the east, Hepu County of Beihai City to the south, and Hengxian County of Nanning City, Guigang City and Xingye County of Yulin City to the north. The county seat is about 210 kilometers away from the capital Nanning and 120 kilometers away from the coastal open city Beihai City. Pubei County has a total area of 2520 square kilometers. By the end of 2014, it had jurisdiction over 2 streets and 14 towns with a total population of 920600. In 2014, the county's GDP reached 14.43 billion yuan, an increase of 14 percent over 2013. The landform of Pubei County is mainly hilly, with high topography in the middle of the county and low in the south and north; it is located in low latitudes, has sufficient light and heat, belongs to the south subtropical monsoon climate, and is rich in "banana". It is a Chinese species.