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.
Jianchuan County is located in the northwest of Yunnan Province and the north of Dali Prefecture. The county has a distance of 58 kilometers from east to west and 55 kilometers from north to south, with a total area of 2318 square kilometers, of which mountain areas account for 87.78 percent. With a total population of 174600 (2006), Bai, Han, Yi, Lisu, Hui, Naxi and other ethnic groups are the main Bai inhabited counties in the state. Jianchuan County has jurisdiction over 5 towns and 3 townships. There are 5 neighborhood committees and 88 administrative villages. The county government is in Jinhua town. The terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. The main mountains are Laojun Mountain, Shibaoshan, Jinhua Mountain, Yanlu Mountain, Xueban Mountain and so on. Mineral deposits include copper, iron, lead, zinc, coal and salt rock. 214 National Highway, Dian (South) six (Ku) Highway, Ping (Slope) Dian (South) Highway across the county. Places of interest include Tang Daishi, a key cultural relic protection unit in the country.