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.
Gong County is a county under the jurisdiction of Yibin City, Sichuan Province. It is located in the south of Yibin City, between longitude 104 °38mm muri 105 °02' and latitude 27 °53mm Mel 28 °31', north is bounded by Gaoxian County, 46 km away from Cuiping District, Yibin City, south by Daxueshan, 69 km away from the county seat of Weixin County, Yunnan Province, west by Yunlian County, southeast and northeast by Xingwen County and Changning County. The county government is stationed in the town, 56 kilometers away from the municipal government. There are trunk highways such as Xugao Highway, Chuanyun Highway and Yiwei Highway connecting Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan provinces in Gongxian County. Chengyi Railway and Jinyun Railway run through the county, which is an important transportation hub and material distribution center in the south of Yibin City. The high-grade cement road goes directly to the urban area of Yibin City and can reach Yibin Airport and Yangtze River Shipping Terminal within 1 hour. Gong County is important in Sichuan Province.