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.
Zixi County, which belongs to Fuzhou City, is located in the east-central part of Jiangxi Province and in the east of Fuzhou City, between 27 °28 degrees north latitude and 117 °17 'east longitude. Zixi County is not only the east gate of Jiangxi, but also an important passage from Jiangxi to Fujian. It is bordered by Guangze County, Fujian Province in the east, Lichuan County in the south, Nancheng County in the west, Jinxi County and Guixi City in the north, with a total area of 1251.03 square kilometers. The total population is 126000 (2012). It has jurisdiction over 2 townships, 5 towns, 5 state-owned forest farms and 70 administrative villages. Zixi is the hometown of Chinese bread, Zixi Bread more than 7000 bakeries throughout the country, but also located in Russia, Vietnam, Hong Kong and other places. Zixi is a national eco-tourism county, the national ecological demonstration area and so on. Ecological Index of Zixi in 2009