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.
Luhuo County belongs to Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, which is located in the north-central part of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, bordered by Daofu County in the east, Ganzi County in the northwest, Xinlong County in the southwest, Seda County in the north, and Rangtang and Jinchuan counties in Aba Prefecture in the northeast. Sichuan-Tibet 317 line runs through the whole territory from southeast to northwest, which is the main thoroughfare to Tibet and the important town of the ancient tea-horse road. Luhuo County is the center of Kangbei, an important place for traffic. It belongs to semi-agricultural and semi-pastoral areas. In 2011, Luhuo County has an area of 5796.64 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 16 townships and 171villagers' groups, with a total population of 45960 at the end of the year. In 2011, Luhuo County achieved a GDP of 359 million yuan. The investment in social fixed assets is 377 million yuan, the general budget income of local finance is 13.4 million yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers and herdsmen is 3.