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.
Wangmo County, which belongs to the Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in southwest Guizhou Province, is located in the southwest of Guizhou Province. It borders Luodian in the east, Leye County in Guangxi across the Hongshui River in the south, Zhenfeng and Ceheng in the west, Ziyun and Zhenning in the north. The total area is 3005.5 square kilometers and the population is 253500 (2013). Wangmo County under the jurisdiction of 4 streets, 4 towns, 1 ethnic township), the territory has Shitouzhai and other scenic spots. In 2013, the GDP of Wangmo County reached 2.86 billion yuan, an increase of 19.6% over 2012. In March 2019, it was on the list of the first batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization districts and counties.