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Definition: Chongqing from Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary

City, S Sichuan prov., S China, on N bank of the Chang at its junction with the Jialing; pop. (1990c) 2,266,772; ✽ of China 1937–45; chemicals, cement, textiles, iron and steel, munitions, motor vehicles, paper; food products; trade center for much of W China. Declared open port c. 1891; made political ✽ of China during WWII by Kuomintang (Nationalist) party; bombed heavily by Japanese after 1938; taken by Chinese Communists 1949.


Chongqing

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
City, formerly in Sichuan province, China, at the confluence of the Chang Jiang and Jialing Jiang rivers; population (2010) 7,457,600. From the time of the 1990 census it has been included directly under the central government in the capital district of Chongqing, the largest of China's four capital districts, with an area of 82,000 sq km/31,700 sq mi and a total population (2000) of 30,900,000. Industries include coalmining, food-processing, and the manufacture of iron, steel, chemicals, synthetic rubber, automobiles, electrical equipment, and textiles. History For over 4,000 years Chongqing has been a major commercial centre in one of the most remote and economically deprived regions of China. The city was opened to foreign trade in 1891, and remains a focal point of road, river, and rail transport. When both Beijing and Nanjing were occupied by the Japanese, it was the capital of China from 1938 until 1946. The construction of the Three Gorges Dam , begun in 1993, has boosted the…
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City and municipality with provincial status (pop., 2003 est.: city, 4,239,700; 2002 est.: municipality, 31,070,000), south-central China. The municipality is bordered by Sichuan , Shaanxi , Hubei , Hunan , and Guizhou provinces and has an area of 31,700 sq mi (82,000 sq km). The leading river port…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
City, formerly in Sichuan province, China, at the confluence of the Chang Jiang and Jialing Jiang rivers; population (2010) 7,457,600. From the time of the 1990 census it has been included directly under the central government in the capital district of Chongqing, the largest of China's four capital…
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(chʊng'chēng') or Chungking (chōng'kĭng'), city and independent municipality (2010 pop. 28,846,170), 592 sq mi (1,534 sq km), in SE Sichuan prov., China, at the junction of the Chang and Jialing rivers. It is administered directly by the national government. The commercial center of W China, it…
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