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.
Weihui City is located in the north of the Yellow River, the eastern foot of Taihang, and the coast of Weishui. It is the place where the Pastoral War took place, the hometown of Jiang Taigong, the hometown of Chinese God of Wealth Culture, the national science popularization demonstration city, the best cultural and eco-tourism city in China, the national family planning service city, the national advanced city of irrigation and water conservancy infrastructure, China's excellent national architectural and cultural heritage and protection demonstration city, the famous historical and cultural city of Henan Province, the civilized city of Henan Province, the provincial garden city, and the advanced city of safe construction of the province. During the Yin and Shang dynasties, Jixian County was set up in the second year of Gaozu in the Western Han Dynasty, which was successively county governance (Ji County), state governance (Weizhou), road governance (Wei Hui Road), government governance (Wei Hui House) and Taoist governance (Yubei Road and Hebei Road). It has a history of more than 3000 years and is known as "Nantong Ten provinces, North Arch Shenjing". It has jurisdiction over 7 towns, 6 townships and 13 townships.