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.
Zhong Xiang, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Hubei Province, is hosted by Jingmen City. It is located in the middle reaches of the Hanjiang River, Yicheng and Suizhou to the north, Tianmen City and Shayang County to the south, Jingshan City to the east, Dongbao District and Luidao District to the west, between 30 °42 degrees north latitude 31 °36 'and 112 °07 east longitude 113 °00'. There are 207 National Highway, Jiaozhi Railway, Changjing Railway, Xiang Jing Expressway and Wujing Expressway passing through the territory. Zhongxiang City covers a total area of 4488 square kilometers. By the end of 2018, it has jurisdiction over 1 street, 15 towns, 1 township, and 2 provincial economic and technological development zones. In 2018, the city's GDP reached 50.5 billion yuan, an increase of 8 percent over 2017. Zhongxiang is located in the middle and low mountain areas of Hubei, with high terrain in the northeast and low in the southwest.