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.
Luozha County belongs to Shannan City, Tibet Autonomous region, which means "Southern Great Cliff" in Tibetan. It is located in the south of the Tibet Autonomous region and at the southern foot of the Himalayas. The central part of the county is a grand canyon-Luozhagou, which is one of the border counties of the Tibet Autonomous region. The border line is 200 kilometers long. It is adjacent to Cuomei County and Cuona County in the southeast, Langkazi County in the northwest and the Kingdom of Bhutan to the south. In 2014, the total land area of the county was 5570.3 square kilometers. The water area is about 400 square kilometers. It is rich in water conservancy, wind and solar energy resources. The total population of the county is 20,000 (2014). It has jurisdiction over 2 towns and 5 townships. In 2012, the county's GDP reached 270.18 million yuan, 1.7 times that of 2010. Loza ("Southern Great Cliff" in Tibetan) is located south of the Himalayas.