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.
Malipo County is a county under the jurisdiction of Wenshan Prefecture, "it produces chestnut trees nearby, and the market is suitable for construction on the hillside." Malipo County is located in the southeast of Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, bordered by Funing County to the east, Maguan County to the west, Guangnan County and Xichou County to the north, and he Province of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the south. In the county, there are 1 national first-class port, 14 border exchange points and 108 border crossings. By the end of 2016, Malipo County covers an area of 2334 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 4 towns, 7 townships and 2 state-owned farms; the resident population is 285900. On September 25, 2018, he won the honorary title of "2018 e-commerce into rural comprehensive demonstration county" of the Ministry of Commerce. In March 2019, it was on the list of the first batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization districts and counties.