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.
Shuicheng County is located in the west of Guizhou Province, bordering Yunnan Province, belonging to Liupanshui City, Guizhou Province, located in the watershed of Wujiang and Beipanjiang River, Liuzhi Special Zone and Nayong County in the east, Weining County and Xuanwei County in the west, Panzhou City and Puan County in the south, and Hezhang County in the north. It is known as the "Pearl of the Plateau" in Guizhou and the "Southwest Coal Sea" in the motherland. The county is 69 kilometers wide from east to west, 97 kilometers from north to south, with a total area of 3605 square kilometers and a total population of 860000 (2013). County people's Government is stationed in Shuangshui Street. In 2012, the GDP of Shuicheng County reached 10.951 billion yuan, an increase of 18.8% compared with 2011; the investment in fixed assets of the whole society reached 24.41 billion yuan; and the total financial revenue and public budget revenue reached 2.331 billion respectively.