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.
Yanyuan County, which belongs to Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, is located on the southeast edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in Sichuan Province and on the west bank of the lower reaches of the Yalong River. The geographical coordinates are: longitude 100 °42 °09 "- 102 °03 °44" east and latitude 27 °06 °31-28 °16 °31 "north. Across the Yalong River from Xichang City, Dechang County and Miyi City in the east, Yanbian County in the south, Ningyi County in Yunnan Province in the west, and Muli Tibetan Autonomous County and Mianning County in the north. As of 2012, Yanyuan County covers an area of 8398.6 square kilometers and has a population of 356000. Yanyuan County, which belongs to Sichuan Province, contains 41 kinds of mineral resources, such as salt, iron, gold, etc.; it is rich in many kinds of rare animals, such as black-crowned crane, bear, Swertia, etc., and is rich in apple, Phnom Penh melon seeds and other famous and special products, which is the apple production in southwest China.