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.
Qiaojia County is located in the northeast of Yunnan Province and the southwest of Zhaotong City, with geographical coordinates of 26 °32 °N, 27 °25 °N and 102 °52 °E, 103 °26'E. Qiaojia County borders Huize County of Qujing City in the east, Dongchuan District of Kunming City in the south, Liangshan Prefecture East, Ningnan, Butuo and Jinyang in Sichuan Province in the west, and Zhaoyang District and Ludian County in Zhaotong City across the Niulan River in the north. It is located in the heart of Yunnan and Sichuan provinces. The county covers an area of 3245 square kilometers, with a width of about 57 kilometers from east to west and 98 kilometers from north to south. Qiaojia County people's Government is stationed in Baihetan Town, which is 268 kilometers away from the provincial capital Kunming, 151 kilometers from Zhaotong and 169 kilometers from Xichang, Sichuan.