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.
Yuanjiang Hani Yi and Dai Autonomous County is located in the central and southern part of Yunnan Province, with geographical coordinates of 101 °39 / 102 °22 'east longitude and 23 °18 °23 °55' north latitude. It is adjacent to Shiping County in the east, Honghe County in the south, Mojiang County in the west and Xinping County in the north. The county is 64.5km long from north to south and 71.5km wide from east to west, with a total area of 2858 square kilometers. Among them, the mountain area is 2766.54 square kilometers and the dam area is 91.46 square kilometers. The county people's government is located in Lijiang Town, 380 meters above sea level, 216 kilometers away from the provincial capital Kunming and 128 kilometers away from Hongta District of Yuxi City. It won the title of "National Garden County" in 2017.