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.
Wuxue City, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Huanggang City, Hubei Province, China, is an important part of Wuhan city circle and a port city in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. The city has a total area of 1246 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 12 towns and 342villages (communities), with an area of 500000 mu of arable land and a total population of 830000. Wuxue City is located on the north bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the southern foot of the Dabie Mountains and the edge of eastern Hubei. It has always been the "thoroughfare of three provinces and seven counties" in the adjoining areas of Hubei, Anhui and Jiangxi. Wuxue City, formerly known as Guangji County, was called "the Kingdom of Buddha" in ancient times, meaning "wide application of Buddhist dharma and universal aid to sentient beings". In 1987, with the approval of the State Council, the county was withdrawn and the city was established. Wuxue City has Wuxue Port, one of the ten deepwater ports on the Yangtze River, where the Beijing-Kowloon Railway, China's longest railway, and the entrance and exit of Shanghai-Chongqing Expressway, the longest highway in China, meet here.