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.
Weishi County, located in the eastern plain of Henan Province, belongs to Kaifeng City, Henan Province. It is bordered by Tongxu and Fugou County to the east, Qianling and Changge County to the south, Xinzheng County to the west, Xiangfu District and Zhongmou County to the north. It is 40.77km long from north to south and 43.76km wide from east to west, with a total area of about 1307.7 square kilometers and a total population of 810000 (2000). Weishi County Party Committee and Weishi County people's Government are stationed in Chengguan Town. Wei's ancient name is "Weizhou". It is a county with economic management and power expansion in Henan Province, a county with preferential electricity prices, a Zhongyuan textile industrial base in Henan Province, which is one of the eight characteristic bases approved by the provincial government, and a Weishi high-efficiency agricultural demonstration park recognized by the province.