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.
Putian, Fujian Province has jurisdiction over prefecture-level cities, also known as "Xinghua" in ancient times, also known as "Puyang" and "Puxian". The territory is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, with a saddle-shaped cross section, located on the northern edge of the Tropic of Cancer, bordering the ocean to the east, and is a typical subtropical maritime monsoon climate; as of 2018, it has jurisdiction over one county and four districts, with a total area of 4200 square kilometers; the resident population is 2.9 million. Putian City has a profound history, known as "Xinghua", known as "seaside Zoulu" and "literature famous state". Since the Tang Dynasty, 2482 Jinshi, 21 top scholars and 17 prime ministers have emerged. With sound infrastructure, Meizhou Bay, Xinghua Bay and Ping Bay are surrounded by three bays. Meizhou Bay is a good deep-water port with more than 150 berths of more than 10,000 tons. Fuzhou-Xiamen Railway and Xiang-Li Railway run through the whole territory.