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.
Aba County is located on the southeast edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, at the confluence of Sichuan, Gansu and Qinghai provinces, bordering Ruoergai County, Hongyuan County, Malkang County, Rangtang County and Maqu County of Gansu Province, Jiuzhi County of Qinghai Province, and Banma County. It is an important transportation hub from the mainland to the northwest, an important trade center and material distribution center, and a county dominated by animal husbandry with both agriculture, animal husbandry and forestry. it is a typical old, small, border, poor and sick area. The topography of the county is complex, the terrain gradually inclines from northwest to southeast, the county seat is 3290 meters above sea level, the highest elevation is 5154 meters above sea level, and the lowest elevation is 2936 meters above sea level. The runoff belongs to the Yangtze River and Yellow River systems, belongs to the semi-humid monsoon climate in the cold temperate zone of the plateau, and there is no obvious difference between the four seasons, the temperature difference between day and night is large, the frost-free period is short, the solar radiation is strong, and the average annual temperature is 4 ℃. Aba County in 1951