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.
Dali County, which belongs to Weinan City, Shaanxi Province, is located in the eastern part of the Weibei Plain in Guanzhong, Shaanxi Province, and the confluence area of Huang, Luo and Wei Rivers. The Weihe River is adjacent to Tongguan, Huazhou District and Huayin City in the south, Linwei District and Pucheng County to the west, Chengcheng County and Heyang County to the north, and the Yellow River to the east to Yongji County in Shanxi Province. It is between 34 °36 degrees north latitude 35 °02 'and 109 °43 degrees east longitude 110 °19'. The total area is 1800 square kilometers. Dali County is one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation. About 200000 years ago, Dali people thrived on this fertile soil. Since the Spring and Autumn period, Dali has established a state and established a government. There are 4 national cultural relics protection units, 9 provincial cultural relics protection units, Wei Great Wall site, Tang Jinlong Pagoda, Cenlou of Song Dai Temple and Qingfengtu.