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.
Pingtang County belongs to Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Guizhou Province, Dushan County in the east, Nandan County in Guangxi in the south, Huishui County and Luodian County in the west, and Guiding County and Duyun City in the north. It is 710 meters above sea level, 36 kilometers away from Dushan, 66 kilometers away from Duyun, 122 kilometers away from Luodian, 193 kilometers away from Guiyang City and 35 kilometers away from Guixin Expressway. The county people's government in Pinghu Town is located in longitude and latitude 106 °40 °29 "~ 107 °26 °19" east longitude and 25 °29 °55 "~ 26 °06 °41" north latitude. In 2014, the administrative division of Pingtang County was adjusted to 9 towns, 1 township, 121 administrative villages and 1745 villagers. Pinghu county government is stationed in Pinghu town. Located in the south of Guizhou Province, south of Qiannan Autonomous Prefecture, south and