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.
Taojiang County belongs to Yiyang City, Hunan Province, located in the north of central Hunan, Dongting tail, named after the Taohuajiang River. The county is Chu in ancient times and has been a part of Yiyang County since the Qin and Han dynasties. It was separated from Yiyang in 1952. In 2017, Taojiang County has a total area of 2068 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 15 townships with a total population of 897600. In 2016, Taojiang County achieved a GDP of 22.737 billion yuan for the whole year. Taojiang County famous scenic spots are Fuqiu Mountain, Fenghuang Mountain and so on. Taojiang County is known as "Beauty Nest", "qu Yuan's second hometown", "hometown of Phyllostachys pubescens", "hometown of Tea", "hometown of Building Materials", "hometown of Nonferrous Metals" and so on. Taohuajiang Nuclear Power Station is located in the west of the county, 20 kilometers upstream of Zishui.