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.
Qin'an County, which belongs to Tianshui City, Gansu Province, is located in the southeast of Gansu Province, the north of Tianshui City, and the lower reaches of Hulu River, a tributary of Weihe River; the center is located at 34 °51 °N and 105 °40 °E, with a total area of 1601 square kilometers. As of 2015, Qinan County has jurisdiction over 12 towns and 5 townships. The total population is 618000 (2012). In 2015, the GDP of Qin'an County reached 5.26 billion yuan. Qinan County belongs to the temperate semi-humid climate in the south of Longzhong, with an annual average temperature of 10.4 ℃ and a normal annual precipitation of 507.3 mm. Qin'an County is one of the eighteen arid counties in Gansu Province, which belongs to the Liangfeng gully region in the west of Longzhong Loess Plateau with many mountains and few rivers. By 2015, Yangshao, Majiayao, Qijia Culture and other Neolithic cultural sites have been found in Qin'an County.