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.
Yongdeng, known as Lingju and Zhuanglang in ancient times, belongs to Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, located in the central part of Gansu Province, longitude 102 °36'to 103 °45 'east, latitude 36 °12' to 37 °07 'north. It is bordered by Gaolan County and Jingtai County of Gansu Province to the east, Minhe County of Qinghai Province to the west, Honggu District and Xigu District of Lanzhou City to the south, and Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County to the north. The longest distance from south to north is 107km, and the widest distance from west to east is 101km, with a total area of 6090 square kilometers. As of 2010, Yongdeng County has jurisdiction over 13 towns and 5 townships. In 2010, the total population at the end of the year was 522000, and the resident population at the end of the year was 419400. In 2018, the county achieved a gross domestic product (GDP) of 10.831 billion yuan. On January 25, 2019, Yongdeng County was selected as 201.