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.
Lianghe County is located in the west of Yunnan Province and in the northeast of Dehong Dai Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture. It is bordered by Tengchong County in the northeast, Longling County in the southeast, Luxi and Longchuan in the south, and Yingjiang County in the west. Shadao Town is 690 kilometers away from the provincial capital Kunming and 114 kilometers away from the state capital Mangshi. The county has a north-south vertical distance of 49 kilometers, with a maximum east-west horizontal distance of 45 kilometers, with a total area of 1159 square kilometers. In 2010, Lianghe County conducted the sixth Chinese population census, with a total population of 154175. Living in the territory of Han, Dai, Jingpo, Lisu, Achang, Deang and other ethnic groups. Lianghe County is a typical agricultural county. It is the hometown of Hulusi in China. In 2006, Lianghe County, Yunnan Province declared "Zhapa Ma and Mimi Ma", was selected into the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.