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.
Taizhou (Taizhou), referred to as "Tai" for short, is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, located in the middle of Jiangsu Province. It is bordered by the Yangtze River in the south, Yancheng in the north, Nantong in the east and Yangzhou in the west. The total area of the city is 5787.26 square kilometers, of which the land area accounts for 77.85% and the water area accounts for 22.15%. The urban area is 1567.13 square kilometers. Taizhou Qin said Haiyang, Han said Hailing, the state built the Southern Tang Dynasty, Wenchang Northern Song Dynasty. In the Southern Tang Dynasty (AD 937), it was ruled by the state, which means "the country is prosperous and the people are peaceful", and began to be named Taizhou. Taizhou has a collection of talents and a large number of famous and sages, "the prosperity of the Confucian style, the plain crown of Huainan". Wang Gen, Liu Xizai, Shi Nai'an, Zheng Banqiao and Mei Lanfang are outstanding representatives in the history of Taizhou culture and art. Taizhou is the important water and land of Chengnan and Qibei, and it is the gateway to central Jiangsu. There has been "water" since ancient times.