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.
Yunxian, under the jurisdiction of Lincang City, Yunnan Province, is located in the southwest of Yunnan Province and at the junction of Dali, Pu'er and Lincang; it is a mountainous and semi-mountainous county with a low-latitude plateau subtropical monsoon climate and warm temperate monsoon climate; the total area is 3760 square kilometers, it has jurisdiction over 7 towns and 5 townships, and the permanent population is 466700 in 2018. Yunxian County is the north gate of Lincang area and the vast hinterland of Yunnan Province. The Lancang River, high mountains, river valleys and hot dams form a special three-dimensional climate and natural scenery. There are Great Snow Mountains, Dabing Mountain primeval forests, Nago River, Wenzhu River, Nayu River, River Valley Hot Springs and so on. There are also cultural relics and cultural landscapes such as bronze drums, bronze spears, Yuan Ming pottery, Maolan Chang'an Bridge, County Writing Pagoda, ancient mosques and magnificent Dawu temples. 2018