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.
Shangshui County belongs to Zhoukou City, which is located in the southeast of Henan Province, southwest of Zhoukou City, Zhaoling District in the west, Shangcai County in the south, the city in the east, Chuanhui District in the north, and Xihua and Huaiyang in the northwest and northeast. Shangshui County is located in the new urban district subdistrict office and Zhoukou City Chuanhui District connection, there are big and small 3 bus interconnection. The county has jurisdiction over 3 streets, 11 towns, 9 townships and 1 farm, with a total area of 1270 square kilometers, an area of 1.39 million mu of arable land, a total population of 1.238 million, a resident population of 895200, and an urbanization rate of 32.33% (2016). Shangshui County is located in the transitional area of alluvial plain, with flat terrain, high in the northwest and low in the southeast. It is divided into three types: cinnamon soil, fluvo-aquic soil and sandy black soil. The main local products are Dengcheng Ye's pig's hoof, Zhoujiakou beef,