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.
Jishishan Baoan Dongxiang Salar Autonomous County, which belongs to Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture of Gansu Province, is the only multi-ethnic autonomous county in Gansu Province. it is located in the southwest of Gansu Province, at the eastern foot of Xiaojishi Mountain in the northwest corner of Linxia Prefecture, between longitude 120 °41 east and latitude 35 °34, bordering Linxia County in the southeast, Xunhua Salar Autonomous County in Qinghai Province in the west, and Minhe County in Qinghai Province in the north. The northeast and Yongjing County are bounded by the Yellow River, with a width of about 33 kilometers from north to south and 37 kilometers from east to west, with a total area of 909.97 square kilometers. As of 2011, Jishishan Baoan Dongxiang Salar Autonomous County has jurisdiction over 4 towns, 13 townships, 145 administrative villages, 6 communities and 1296 village groups, with a total population of 25. 5%.