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.
Longli County, which belongs to Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, is located in the hinterland of central Guizhou, the middle part of Miaoling Mountains, and the northwest of Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. The hills, low mountains, Zhongshan and river valleys are arranged alternately in the north and south, and the county seat is 1080 meters above sea level. It is bordered by Guiding County and Fuquan County to the east, Huishui County to the south, and Guiyang City to the west and north. It belongs to the humid climate of subtropical monsoon with an annual average temperature of 14.8 ℃. At the end of 2012, the total population of the county was 224266, including Han, Buyi, Miao and other ethnic groups, including 91754 ethnic minorities. The famous scenic spots in the county are Longjiashan Forest Park and Guanshan. In September 2018, the people's Government of Guizhou Province agreed to withdraw Longli County from the poverty-stricken county.