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.
Yucheng County, Shangqiu City under the jurisdiction of the county, located in the eastern part of Henan Province, Henan, Shandong, Anhui provinces at the junction, located in the east of Shangqiu urban area, west of Shangqiu New area, is the city's nearest county to the central city of Shangqiu. Yucheng has a superior location and convenient transportation. The territory of Longhai Railway, 310 National Highway, Lianhuo Expressway, Yu 324, 325, 326 Provincial Highway across the east-west, Beijing-Kowloon Railway, Ji-Guang Expressway, 105 National Highway, Henan 203 Provincial Highway runs through the north and south. Yucheng has a long history and splendid culture. In the 21st century BC, Xia Yu Fengshun Zi Shang was here, the number "Youyu", later known as the State of Yu. Luncheng, in the west of Yucheng, was an important capital in the middle of Xia Dynasty. After Shang Tang destroyed Xia, du Bo (now southwest of Gushu Town, Yucheng County), the Shang Dynasty was established. Qin Shiyu County, Sui Kai Huang sixteen years (596) home Yucheng County. People from Yucheng since ancient times