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.
Daocheng County is located in the southwest edge of Sichuan Province, in the south of Ganzi Prefecture. Located in the southeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, east of the Hengduan Mountains. Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture belongs to Kangba Tibetan area. Daocheng County spans 27 °58 N & #39;~29 °30 & #39;, 99 °56 E & #39;~100 °36 & #39;, 174km from north to south and 63km from east to west, bordering Jiulong County in the east, Xiangcheng County in the west, Litang County in the north, Muli Tibetan Autonomous County in the south and Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan in the southwest. By the end of 2011, Daocheng County had an area of 7323 square kilometers, including 12 townships, 2 towns, 2 communities and 124. at the end of 2011, the total population was 32450, including Tibetans.