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.
Yumin County belongs to Tacheng area of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, which is located in the southern margin of Ta'er Basin and the western margin of Junggar Basin in the northwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region. It is located between longitude 82 °12 °83 °30 'east and latitude 45 °24 °46 °3' north. The length of the border ground line is more than 150 km. The town of Harabra, where the county seat is located, is 425 km away from Urumqi. The county is 65 kilometers wide from east to west and 120 kilometers from north to south, with 2 towns and 4 townships under its jurisdiction, with a total area of 6220 square kilometers. The total population is 55000 (as of 2013), mainly Han, Kazak, Hui, Uygur and Mongolian. In 2013, Yumin County completed a gross domestic product of 1.257 billion yuan, an increase of 13.65% over 2012. There are libraries in the main scenic spots in Yumin County.