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One of the China’s biggest municipality as well as one of the very large cities in the world; the economic center; the hub of water, land, and air transportation in Southwest China with busy rivers and highways radiating in all directions; and an inland river port with foreign trade in the west of China; an integrated industrial city with balance developed agriculture; called as the “Mountain City", “River City" and reputed for its wonderful scenery. Chongqing, located in the southeastern part of the Sichuan Basin, where the Changjiang and Jialing rivers meet, is the largest industrial and commercial city in southwestern China and the economic center of the upper reaches of the Changjiang River. It is a metropolis under the direct jurisdiction of the Central Government. Called Yu for short, Chongqing was established some 3,000 years ago. It is also known as a city of mountains, rivers, and fog. Chongqing is most attractive at night. It has many places of interest in both urban and rural areas. Traveling eastward along the Changjiang River, one can enjoy the magnificent Three Gorges. Every year from May through June, the International Travel Festival is held in Chongqing.
Location: Located on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and straddling the region which connects the middle and western parts of China
Area: 82,400 sq km
Climate: temperature is 24-25?, the average highest temp. 29-29.7?, the average lowest temp. 20.6-21.4? and the precipitation in the daytime 27-40%(light rain) during June 7-11 in the urban areas of Chongqing.
Provincial Capital: Chongqing
Population: 30.90 million (March 2001)
Ethnic groups: Han, Tibetan , Miao and other ethnic groups.
Agriculture: Chongqing has abundant produces and is an important production base of commodity grain, pork, silkworm cocoons, oranges, tangerines and leaf tobacco.
Industry: Chongqing is one of the old industrial bases in China, where three mainstay industries have taken shape, i. e., machine-building industry with automobile and motorcycle manufacture as the principal part, chemical industry laying emphasis on natural gas chemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry, and metallurgical industry represented by quality steels and aluminum materials, in addition to another four preponderant sectors, namely electronic information, foodstuff, building material and daily-use chemical product sectors, which have been fostered.
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