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.
Suiyang District is the municipal district of Shangqiu City, Henan Province, which is located in the south of Shangqiu City, Liangyuan Park in the north, Shangqiu New area and Yucheng County in the east, Ningling County in the west, Zhecheng County, Luyi County and Qiaocheng District, Bozhou City, Anhui Province. It is the seat of Shangqiu Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, and the political, economic, cultural and tourism service center of Shangqiu City. By the end of 2017, the region had jurisdiction over 19 streets (towns), with a total area of 890 square kilometers and a resident population of 710000 (excluding Shangqiu New area). Suiyang District is an important birthplace of Chinese civilization. Li Ren, the head of the three emperors, invented drilling wood to make fire here, and Suiyang is known as "the hometown of Chinese fire culture". The Shang people, merchants and the Shang Dynasty originated here, and Suiyang is known as "the hometown of Chinese business culture". Suiyang District is the Xia Dynasty, Shang Dynasty, Zhou Dynasty and Song Dynasty, Han Dynasty Liang State, Wei and Jin dynasties