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Chongqing [a] is a municipality in Southwestern China. Chongqing is one of the four direct-administered municipalities under the Central People's Government, along with Beijing, Shanghai, and Tianjin. It is the only directly administrated municipality located deep inland. [14]
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Chongqing (Simplified Chinese: 重庆; Traditional Chinese: 重慶; pinyin: Chóngqìng; Postal map spelling: Chungking; Wade-Giles: Ch'ung-ch'ing) is the largest and most populous of the People's Republic of China's four provincial-level municipalities. It is also the only four provincial-level municipality in the less densely populated western half of Chin...
Human activities are dated back to the last part of the Old Stone Age (about 20,000 to 30,000 years ago). The Zhou dynasty was replaced by the Shang Dynasty in the eleventh century B.C.E.. The Ba people established the State of Ba, making present-day Chongqing the capital. By 316 B.C.E., however, it had been overrun by the State of Qin (Quin). The ...
Chongqing Municipality is divided into forty county-level subdivisions (three abolished in 1997), consisting of nineteen districts, seventeen counties, and four autonomous counties.Districts 1. Banan 巴南区 2. Beibei 北碚区 3. Changshou 长寿区 4. Dadukou 大渡口区 5. Fuling 涪陵区 6. Hechuan 合川区 7. Jiangbei 江北区 8. Jiangjin 江津区 9. Jiulongpo 九龙坡区 10. Nan'an 南岸区 11. N...
Geographic coordinates
1. 105°17'-110°11' East, 28°10'－32°13' North
Annual average temperature
1. 64°F (18°C)
Temperature range
1. 32°F - 109°F (0°C- 43°C)
Historically, Chongqing has been a major trading inland port, transporting goods from the southwestern provinces to eastern China. During the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), Chongqing was transformed into a heavy industrial city, with a large military industry that continued to thrive for decades after 1949. Since the 1980s, many of these military i...
Chongqing is the biggest inland river port in western China. Historically, most of its transportation, especially to eastern China, was through the Yangtze River. Chongqing is also now linked to other parts of the country through several railways and highways, including: 1. Chongqing-Chengdu (Sichuanprovince) railway 2. Chongqing-Guiyang (Guizhoupr...
The climate is semi-tropical, with the two-season monsoonal variations typical of South Asia. It has hot summers, and the temperature can be as high as (109°F 43°C). Along with Wuhanand Nanjing, it is known as one of the "three furnaces" of China. In the winter, it is wet and warm. While it seldom snows, most days are foggy. The typically severe fo...
Chongqing and the surrounding areas are full of places for tourists to visit. The most famous is the Three Gorges, a scenic area along Yangtze River. The 656,168 feet (200-km) long area is the most visited canyon in China. Besides its gorgeous natural scene, it is also a culturally rich area. Another popular site is the Dazu Rock Carvings, carved i...
Washington, D.C., USADüsseldorf, GermanySeattle, USAHiroshima, JapanChongqing University 重庆大学, founded in 1929.Southwest University 西南大学, founded in 1906.Chongqing Institute of Technology 重庆工学院Chongqing Jiaotong University 重庆交通学院Chongqing (Simplified Chinese: 重庆, Traditional Chinese: 重慶; pinyin: Chóngqìng; Postal System Pinyin: Chungking) is a city and a district in Central China . The Chongqing district is the most populated district of China and has 31,442,300 inhabitants (2005). History.
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Chongqing is a municipality in Southwestern China. Chongqing is one of the four direct-administered municipalities under the Central People's Government, along with Beijing, Shanghai, and Tianjin. It is the only directly administrated municipality located deep inland.
1997 The government merged Chongqing with several surrounding districts and made Chongqing a very large municipality. The Three Gorges Dam opened.
