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.
Pucheng County (ancient Pucheng County, Jianning Prefecture) is a county under the jurisdiction of Nanping City, Fujian Province, the hometown of Dangui in China. Located at the northernmost tip of Fujian Province and the junction of Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, it is the "north gate" of Fujian. It has been the first pass for the Central Plains to enter Fujian since ancient times, bordering Jiangshan City, Longquan City, Suichang County in Zhejiang Province and Guangfeng County in Jiangxi Province respectively. It is adjacent to Jianyang City, Wuyishan City and Songxi County in Fujian Province. The county has jurisdiction over 2 streets, 9 towns, 8 townships and 296 villages. At the end of 2006, the registered population was 407000, of which 71600 were non-agricultural. Except for Shibei Town, Shuibei Street Town and other villages and towns, the dialect of northern Fujian is spoken in most of the other areas. The county covers an area of 3383 square kilometers, which is the third largest county in Fujian Province, with a mountain area of 4.374 million mu and cultivated land area.