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.
Chengduo County, which belongs to Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province, is located in the central part of Qinghai Province. It borders Qumalai County in the north and west, Shiqu County in Sichuan Province in the southeast, and Tongtian River in the southwest and Yushu County. It is 160km wide from east to west and more than 209km from north to south, with an average elevation of 4500 meters. The total land area is 15300 square kilometers and the total population is 63000 (2013). There are Wenbao, Labu, Kana, Huema, Baimaima, Ani and other ethnic minorities. There are Gazang Temple, Sehang Temple, Labu Temple, Seba Temple and other tourist attractions in Chengduo County. In 2013, the GDP of many counties reached 1.27 billion yuan, an increase of 8.1% over the same period in 2012. On May 15, 2019, the people's Government of Qinghai Province approved the withdrawal of Chengduo counties from the poverty-stricken counties.