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.
Congjiang County belongs to Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture. Located in the southeast of Guizhou Province, bordering Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region, Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County, Liuzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region to the east, Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, Liuzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region to the south, Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County, Hechi City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region, Libo County and Rongjiang County in the west, Liping County in the north, Middle reaches of Judu Liujiang River, 450 kilometers from the provincial capital Guiyang, 252 kilometers from the state capital Kaili, 280 kilometers from Liuzhou, Guangxi Guilin is 286 kilometers and Beihai Port is 600 kilometers. The main ethnic groups are Miao, Dong, Zhuang, Yao, Shui and other ethnic minorities. In 2017, Congjiang County's GDP was 6.091 billion yuan. In Congjiang County, there is Xiaohuang Village, Gaozeng Township, which is named as "the hometown of Chinese Folk Culture and Art" by the Ministry of Culture.