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.
Nanmulin County, which belongs to Xigaze City, Tibet Autonomous region, is a county in the northeast of Xigaze region of Tibet Autonomous region of the people's Republic of China. It means "victory" in Tibetan. Nanmulin County is located in the south-central part of Tibet Autonomous region, the northeast of Xigaze City, and the north bank of the middle and upper reaches of the Brahmaputra River. Nanmulin County is bordered by Nimu County in the east, Xietongmen County in the west, Shenza County and Banga County in the north, Renbu County in the southeast, and Xigaze City in the south. The county seat is 76 kilometers away from Xigaze City and 308 kilometers from Lhasa. The county is 98 kilometers wide from east to west, 110km from north to south, with a total area of 8848 square kilometers, with a total population of 76235 (at the end of 2013), including farmers and herdsmen.