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.
Shuyang County, which is under the jurisdiction of Suqian City, is one of the three directly administered counties in Jiangsu Province; it is named because it is located in the Yang of Shushui, referred to as Shu. it is located in the joint of Xuzhou, Lianyungang, Huai'an and Suqian, and belongs to the transitional zone between the hills of southern Shandong and the Jianghuai Plain. Shuyang is famous throughout the country for its reform and innovation, and has created an eye-catching "Shuyang speed" and Shuyang experience. The county economy and the basic competitiveness of the county have been among the "top 100 counties in the country" for six consecutive years, climbing to the 29th place, and have been selected as the top 100 industrial counties for three consecutive years, ranking 55th. Shuyang County Economic and technological Development Zone is the only state-level economic and technological development zone located in county-level cities in northern Jiangsu. The supporting area of urban infrastructure in Shuyang County is 85 square kilometers, of which the built area has reached 60 square kilometers, and the population of concentrated residents has increased to 650000. two hundred and one