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.
Xianyou County (ancient Xianyou County of Xinghua Prefecture) is located in the middle of the southeast coast of Fujian, the junction of the north and south banks of Meizhou Bay, the middle and upper reaches of Mulan Creek, between East longitude 118 °27 & #39;-118 °56 & #39;, N latitude 25 °11 & #39;-25 °43 & #39;, belonging to Putian City. The county is bordered by Putian City in the east, Yongchun and Dehua in the west, Quangang District, Huian County and Nanan City in the south, Yongtai in the north, Meizhou Bay in the southeast, Xiuyu Port in the natural harbor and Xiaocuo Port in the south. The county is 49 kilometers wide from east to west, 63.4 kilometers from north to south, and the coastline is 5 kilometers long (the only town near the sea in the county is Fengting Town), with a total area of 1835 square kilometers (equivalent to 2.722 million mu).