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重庆市
Chóngqìng Shì
Abbreviation: 渝 (pinyin: Yú)
Origin of name 重 chóng - again
庆 qìng - celebrate
"double celebration"
Administration type Municipality
Seat of government Yuzhong Qu 渝中区
CPC Chongqing Committee Secretary Wang Yang 汪洋
Mayor Wang Hongju 王鸿举
Area 82,300 km² (26th)
Population (2005)
 - Metropolitan area
 - Density
31,220,000 (20th)
approx. 4 million
379/km² (10th)
GDP (2005)
 - per capita
CNY 310 billion (24th)
CNY 8540 (20th)
HDI (2005) 0.745 (18th) — medium
Major nationalities (2000) Han - 94%
Tujia - 5%
Miao - 2%
City tree Ficus lacor
City flower Camellia
(Camellia japonica)
County-level divisions 40
Township-level divisions 1259
Postal code 400000 - 409900
Area code 23
License plate prefixes 渝A, B, C, F, G, H
ISO 3166-2 CN-50
Official website:
www.chongqing.gov.cn (Simplified Chinese)
www.cq.gov.cn/english (English)
Chongqing (; Postal System Pinyin: Chungking) is the largest and most populous of the People's Republic of China's four provincial-level municipalities, and the only one in the less densely populated western half of China. The municipality of Chongqing has a registered population of 31,442,300 (2005), most of them living outside the urban area of Chongqing proper, over hundreds of square kilometres of farmland. The population of the urban area of Chongqing proper was 12.057 million in 2005, ranking it as the 3rd largest city in China in terms of population.

The municipal abbreviation - Yú (渝) - was approved by the State Council on April 18, 1997. Chongqing was also a municipality of the old Republic of China. Its abbreviated name is derived from the old name of a part of the Jialing River that runs through Chongqing and feeds the Yangtze.

The urban area of Chongqing proper (重庆市区) includes the district of Yuzhong (渝中区, or "Central Chongqing District"), the central and most densely populated district, where government offices are located. Other districts are Nan'an (南岸区, or "Southern Bank District") Jiangbei (江北区, or "North of the River District"), Shapingba (沙坪坝区), Jiulongpo (九龙坡区), and Dadukou (大渡口区).

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