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.
Binchuan County is one of the counties under the jurisdiction of Dali Prefecture in Yunnan Province. it is located on the edge of the Yunling Hengduan Mountains and the southwest of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau on the south bank of the Jinsha River. Most of the main mountains, dams and rivers in the territory run from north to south. The terrain is high from east to west and low in the middle. There are four river systems: Naxi River, Pingchuan River, Qingshui River and Duobeiqing River. The Naxi River is the largest, running through the central dam area of Binchuan, and the Liandong River is the largest tributary. By the end of 2010, the total population of Binchuan County was 351940. Binchuan is a multi-ethnic county dominated by the Han nationality, which is inhabited by 25 ethnic groups. There are Jizu Mountain, a national AAAA-level scenic spot. On September 29, 2018, Binchuan County was approved to withdraw from the poverty-stricken county after being studied by the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee and the Yunnan Provincial Government. December 13, 2018, selected as the dominant area of agricultural products with Chinese characteristics