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.
Dejiang County, which belongs to Tongren City, Guizhou Province, is located in the northeast of Guizhou Plateau, at the confluence of Wuling Mountain and Dalou Mountain. It is adjacent to the Yinjiang River to the east, Sinan to the south, Fenggang to the west, and Yanhe and Wuchuan to the north. It covers an area of 2072 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 3 streets, 12 towns, 8 townships and 345 villages with a total population of 540000 (2012). Dejiang County, 334 kilometers away from the provincial capital Guiyang and 220 kilometers from Tongren City, is known as "the hometown of Nuo Opera, Tianma and Qishi". It has the ruins of Fuyang County in the Sui and Tang dynasties, Fengxiangxi Conference Monument and other scenic spots. On February 2, 2019, it was rated as a county-level national advanced unit of traditional Chinese medicine by the State Administration of traditional Chinese Medicine. In March 2019, it was selected into the list of the first batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization districts and counties. twenty