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.
Mouding County is located in the central and northern part of Yunnan Province, the central part of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, with a maximum vertical distance of 57.6 kilometers from north to south and a maximum horizontal distance of 53.6 kilometers from east to west. The lowest elevation in the territory is 1140 meters, and the highest elevation is 2897 meters. The average elevation of Gonghe Town, where the county seat is, is 1758 meters. The total area of Mouding County is 1464 square kilometers. In 2011, the total population was 208700, and in 2013, GDP was 3.56 billion. Mouding County is one of the closest counties to Chuxiong City, the capital of Chuxiong Prefecture. It is only 35 kilometers away, and Yuanyuan Shuang II Expressway crosses the border. It is located in the radiation zone of the industrial new area in central Yunnan, and the newly planned Chuxiong Airport is located in Mouding. On September 25, 2018, he won the honorary title of "2018 e-commerce into rural comprehensive demonstration county" of the Ministry of Commerce. 2018