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.
Zibo, a prefecture-level city of Shandong Province, is located in East China and central Shandong Province, latitude 35 °55 °20 "~ 37 °17 °14" north and longitude 117 °32 °15 "~ 118 °31 °00" east, covering an area of 5965 square kilometers. Zibo City is located at the intersection of the two national strategic economic zones of the Yellow River Delta, the Blue Economic Zone of Shandong Peninsula and the economic circle of Shandong provincial capital cities, with Linyi in the south, Dongying and Binzhou in the north, Weifang in the east and Jinan, the provincial capital in the west. In 2017, Zibo has a resident population of 4.7084 million. Zibo is a national historical and cultural city with a long history, the birthplace of Qi culture and the birthplace of world football.