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.
Shunhe Hui area is under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng City, Henan Province, located in the northeast of Kaifeng City, with geographical coordinates longitude 114 °20 mi 114 °26, latitude 34 °45 mi 34 °49, Shangqiu area in the east, Zhengzhou, the provincial capital in the west, Xuchang City and Zhoukou in the south, and the Yellow River in the north. The total area is 86 square kilometers. As of 2012, Shunhe Hui District has jurisdiction over 6 streets (Caomen Street, Iron Tower Street, Songmen Street, Qingping Street, Industrial Street, Apple Orchard Street), 2 townships (Dongjiao Township, Tubogang Township), and 1 provincial industrial agglomeration area (Biandong Industrial agglomeration area). With a total population of about 256000, there are more than 20 ethnic groups, such as Han, Hui, Manchu, Mongolian and so on. In 2013, the gross domestic product (GDP) of the Shunhe Hui area reached 6.925 billion yuan.