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.
Zhongwei City, referred to as & quot; Wei & quot;, belongs to Ningxia Hui Autonomous region, is located in the central and western part of Ningxia Hui Autonomous region, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia and Gansu provinces. It is the first self-flow irrigation city in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River, with a total area of 17000 square kilometers. The topography of Zhongwei City is high in the southwest and low in the northeast, with an average elevation of 1225 meters in the urban area. the geomorphology is divided into five units of the Yellow River alluvial plain, platform, desert, mountains and hills, which belongs to a typical temperate continental monsoon climate. Due to the influence of desert, the sunshine is sufficient and the temperature difference between day and night is large. Zhongwei Yellow River diversion Irrigation area of 1.11 million mu, is an important commercial grain, aquatic products and facility vegetable production base in Northwest China. As of 2016, Zhongwei City has jurisdiction over Shapotou District, Zhongning County and Haiyuan County. 2016