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.
Shanting District, which belongs to Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province, is located in the northeast of Zaozhuang City, Zoucheng City in the north, Lanling County, Fei County and Pingyi County in the east, Tengzhou in the west, and the central district and Xuecheng District in the south. The geographical coordinates are: latitude 34 °54 °00 "- 35 °19 °20" north, longitude 117 °14 °00 "- 117 °44 °20" east. As of 2016, Shanting District has jurisdiction over 9 towns, 1 street, 268 administrative villages (communities), with a population of 528600, with a total area of 1019.2 square kilometers. In 2016, Shanting District completed a gross domestic product of 13.4 billion yuan, an increase of 3.32 billion yuan over 2011, with an average annual increase of 8.8%. Investment in fixed assets reached 12.87 billion yuan, an increase of 6.6 billion yuan over 2011, with an average annual increase of 1.