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.
Libo County, which belongs to Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, is located in the south of Guizhou Province. The northeast borders Congjiang County and Rongjiang County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Huanjiang County and Nandan County of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region in the southeast, Dushan County in the west and Sandu Shui Autonomous County in the north. It covers an area of 2431.8 square kilometers and has a population of 180000 (2016). Libo County has jurisdiction over one street, five towns and two townships, including Zhangjiang National Scenic spot and National Maolan Nature Reserve. The county's GDP in 2015 was 4.53 billion yuan, an increase of 13.3 percent over 2014. In December 2018, Libo County was awarded "China's Top Ten Poverty Alleviation and accurate Poverty Alleviation demonstration counties and cities in 2018". Reconfirm the national health county (township) in 2018.