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.
Xiangyun County is one of the counties under the jurisdiction of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province. it is located in the west-central part of Yunnan Province, bordering Dayao, Yao'an and Nanhua counties in the east, Midu County in the south, Dali City in the west and Binchuan County in the north. Xiangyun is one of the counties with earlier development and better economic development in Yunnan. it has been the political, economic and cultural center of northwest Yunnan for a long time. The name of Yunnan Province comes from Yunan County, which is located in Xiangyun in history, so Xiangyun is known as "the hometown of colorful clouds" and "the source of Yunnan". Xiangyun County is the throat of traffic in western Yunnan, the necessary place leading to the eight prefectures in western Yunnan, and the eastern gate of Dali Prefecture, only 282 kilometers away from Kunming and 48 kilometers to Dali Airport. Xiangyun County covers an area of 2425 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 8 towns, 1 township and 1 nationality township. The population of Xiangyun County at the end of 2012 is