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.
Malkang City (formerly Malkang County) is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province. it is also the capital of the state. It means "place of vigorous fire" in Tibetan and extends to "place of prosperity and development". Malkang is based on the original Jiarong 18 chieftain Zhuokeji, Songgang, Dangba, Shuomo four chieftain territories as the prototype, also known as the "four soil areas." As of 2016, it covers an area of 6633 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 4 towns and 10 townships, with a total household registration population of 56166 in 2012. In 2014, the regional GDP reached 2.00253 billion yuan, an increase of 5.3% over 2013. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 215.02 million yuan, up 5.2%; the added value of the secondary industry was 311.65 million yuan, up 0.6%; and the added value of the tertiary industry was 1.