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.
Zhouning County (ancient Ningde County, Funing Prefecture) belongs to Ningde City, Fujian Province, and is located in the northeast of Fujian Province, between 26 °53 degrees north latitude and 27 °19 degrees east longitude and 119 °06 degrees east longitude. It is bordered by Fu'an in the east, Zhenghe in the west, Shouning in the north, Ningde in the southeast, and Pingnan in the southwest. The total land area is 1047.1 square kilometers. Located in the eastern foot of Jiufeng Mountains, the terrain inclines from northwest to southeast, with an average elevation of 800 meters, and the county seat is more than 880 meters above sea level, ranking first in the province. It is known as the "Alpine Pearl". Zhouning County has jurisdiction over 6 towns, 3 townships and 147administrative villages (communities) with a resident population of 121500 (at the end of 2016). No. 32 Beimen Road, Shicheng Town, County people's Government. There are 18 main streams and the largest dragon pavilion in Zhouning County.