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.
Shangqiu, referred to as "Shang", is a prefecture-level city in Henan Province. Shangqiu lies between 114 °49 & # 39 in east longitude and 116 °39 & # 39 in latitude, and 33 °43 & # 39 in north latitude. It spans 168 kilometers from east to west, 128 kilometers from north to south, east to Huaibei of Anhui and Xuzhou of Jiangsu, west to Kaifeng of Henan, Zhoukou of Henan and Bozhou of Anhui, and Heze and Jining of Shandong to the north. Shangqiu City area accounts for about 6.4% of the total area of Henan Province, with an area of 10704 square kilometers. According to the characteristics of its genesis and morphological types, the geomorphology of Shangqiu City can be divided into three types: the Yellow River alluvial plain, the Huaihe alluvial plain and the denuded residual hills. Shangqiu City has a warm temperate continental monsoon climate. Shangqiu City belongs to the Huaihe River Basin and belongs to flood.