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.
Suzhou, referred to as "Su" in ancient times, is an important part of the prefecture-level cities under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province and the Yangtze River urban agglomeration. Approved by the State Council, it is one of the national historical and cultural cities and scenic tourism cities, the national high-tech industrial base and one of the important central cities in the Yangtze River Delta. By 2018, the city had jurisdiction over five districts and four county-level cities in escrow, with a total area of 8488.42 square kilometers, a built-up area of 461.65 square kilometers, a resident population of 10.7217 million, and an urban population of 8.1539 million, with a urbanization rate of 76.05%. Suzhou is located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province and the middle of the Yangtze River Delta, facing Shanghai to the east, Jiaxing to the south, Taihu Lake to the west and the Yangtze River to the north, longitude 119 °55 to the east, 121 °20 to the north, latitude 3.