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.
Yingjiang County, which belongs to Dehong Dai Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province, is known as "Mengla" in Dai language. it is located in the west of Yunnan Province and northwest of Dehong Prefecture, between longitude 97 °31 "98 °16" east and latitude 24 °24 "25 °20'N, bordering Tengchong City in the northeast, Lianghe County in the southeast, Longchuan County in the south, and Myanmar in the west, northwest and southwest, with a total area of 4429 square kilometers, accounting for 38.4% of the state's land area. The county is 153km away from Fumang City, 735km away from the provincial capital Kunming, 197km away from Myitkyina of Myanmar and 131km away from Myanmar. As of 2016, Yingjiang County has jurisdiction over 8 towns and 7 townships. In 2015, there were 81948 permanent households in the county at the end of the year, with a total population of 316990.