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.
Yangqu County, historically known as "Sanjin Shouyi", belongs to Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, which is located in the backbone of Xinzhou and Jinzhong basin. Jiaojin key point, Taiyuan gate. The east, west and north are surrounded by mountains, while the south is low and flat. It is bordered by Yu County in the east, Jingle County and Gujiao City in the west, Taiyuan City in the south, Xinzhou City in the north, Dingxiang County in the northeast and Shouyang County in the southeast. Jingbei mountain system stretches from east to west, and Yunzhong mountain system runs through the north and south, because of the north barrier, which is known as the north gate of Taiyuan, which is a necessary place for soldiers. Yangqu County has 579 cultural relics protection units (including 5 at the national level, 4 at the provincial level and 24 at the municipal level). In 2007, together with Pingyao, Dunhuang, Dali and other historical and cultural places, it was selected as the "66 major counties of Chinese cultural tourism in a lifetime". Yangqu has a dense road network, 108 National Highway.