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.
Kangding City has a long and splendid history and culture, is the Sichuan-Tibet throat, the important town of the Tea-Horse Road, and the Tibetan-Chinese intersection center. Since ancient times, it has been the political, economic, cultural, commercial, information center and transportation hub of Kangba Tibetan area. Covering an area of 11600 square kilometers, the city is dominated by Tibetans and inhabited by Han, Hui, Yi, Qiang and other ethnic groups. Comrade Zhu Rongji, former Premier of the State Council, came here with affectionate admiration, calling it "overseas Xianshan, Penglai Holy Land". Kangding is a Chinese name, because the east of Danda Mountain is "Kang", which means Kangdi stability, hence the name. In Tibetan, Kang is defined as "more discounted", meaning the confluence of Daqu (Yala River) and Zuoduo River (folding River). The old history was translated as "frying furnace", and later translated as "arrow furnace", referred to as "furnace city". September 25, 2018, obtained the Ministry of Commerce. "