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.
Mianchi County, which belongs to Sanmenxia City, Henan Province, is located in the northwest of Henan Province. It is bordered by the Yellow River to the north and Yuanqu, Xiaxian and Pinglu in Shanxi Province to the north, Luoning and Yiyang to the south, Yima to the east and Xin'an to the east, and Shaanzhou District to the west. The geographical coordinates are 111 °33'E to 112 °01 °E and 34 °36'N to 35 °05'N, belonging to temperate monsoon climate. Mianchi County is 43.5km wide from east to west and 52.8km from north to south, with a total area of 1421 square kilometers and a total population of 358900 (2017). The county has jurisdiction over 5 towns and 7 townships. The county people's government is stationed in Chengguan Town, 190 kilometers away from the provincial capital Zhengzhou and 300 kilometers away from the ancient capital Xi'an. Mianchi County is a county of economic management and power expansion, a key county of opening to the outside world, and a processing and trade county in Henan Province.