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.
Shenxian is a county under the jurisdiction of Liaocheng City, Shandong Province, which is located in the west of Shandong Province, the southwest of Liaocheng City and the junction of Hebei, Shandong and Henan provinces. With an area of 1420 square kilometers and a population of 1.038 million (2014), Liaocheng is the largest and most populous county in Liaocheng. It has jurisdiction over 4 streets and 20 towns. No. 3, Government Street, County people's Government. Shenxian County is located in the flooded area of the alluvial plain in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, which is high in the southwest and low in the northeast. It belongs to the warm temperate semi-humid monsoon climate. The main rivers are Tuhai River, Majia River, Jindi River and so on. Mineral resources include oil, natural gas, rock salt and so on. Shenxian is the old revolutionary base area and the restoration area of Shandong Provincial Party Committee. During the Anti-Japanese War, it was the central area of Hebei-Shandong-Henan Anti-Japanese Base area. Revolutionaries such as Zhu de, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, Song Renqiong, Yang Dezhi and Yang Yong left work and war here.