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.
Bayinguoleng Mongolia Autonomous Prefecture, referred to as "Bazhou", belongs to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region and is located in the southeast of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region. There are mountains, basins, rivers, lakes, Gobi, deserts and plain oases in the territory. It belongs to mid-temperate and warm temperate continental climate. With a total area of 471500 square kilometers, it has jurisdiction over 1 county-level city, 7 counties and 1 autonomous county. The total population in 2018 is 1.2806 million. Bayingol Mongolia Autonomous Prefecture has a long history and thousands of years of development history. Both the South and Central Silk Road pass through Bazhou. In the 36 countries of the Western region, there are Loulan, Ruoqiang, Qiemo, Xiaowan, Rong Lu, Shanguo, Luntai, Yanqi, Yuli, qu Li and Wei Xu. The tourism resources of Bazhou are unique, and the basic types of tourism resources in Bazhou are diverse, except Tianshan Mountain, Kunlun Mountain area,