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.
Dazi District, which belongs to Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous region, is located in the central and southern part of Lhasa, the middle reaches of the Lhasa River, and the east-west Chala Mountains and Guogalari Mountains in the north and south, respectively. Dazi District, 20 kilometers away from Lhasa, is known as the "East Gate" of Lhasa. The average elevation of the whole region is 4100 meters, the lowest elevation of the river valley is 3730 meters, the annual average temperature is 7.5 ℃, the average annual sunshine is 3065 hours, and the average rainfall is 450mm. The total area of the county is 1373 square kilometers, with an area of 68500 mu of cultivated land. As of December 2017, the region has jurisdiction over five townships and one town, with a total population of 30,000. There are 14 temples and Rizu Lakang in Dazi District, among which Gandan Temple, which was built at the beginning of the 15th century and has a history of more than 600 years, is the first of the six major temples of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism (Huangjiao).