Chongqing

Location o Chongqing Municipality athin Cheenae

Chongqing (Cheenese: 重庆; pinyin: Chóngqìng; Sichuanese Pinyin: Cong²qin⁴; Sichuanese pronunciation: [tsʰoŋ˨˩tɕʰin˨˩˦]; Postal map spellin: Chungking) is a major ceety in soothwestern mainland Cheenae an ane o the five naitional central ceeties. Admeenistratively, it is ane o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae's fower direct-controlled municipalities (the ither three are Beijing, Shanghai an Tianjin), an the ae such municipality in wastren Cheenae.

The municipality wis creatit on 14 Mairch 1997, succeedin the sub-provincial ceety admeenistration that wis pairt o Sichuan Province. In 2007, the municipality o Chongqing haed a population o 31.4 million. It haes jurisdiction ower 19 destricts, 17 coonties, an fower autonomous coonties. Wi an aurie o 82,300 km² (31,800 mi²), it is the lairgest direct-controlled municipality, lairger even than ane province an an autonomous region, as well as Taiwan. It is possibly the warld's lairgest municipality bi population an ane o the lairgest bi aurie.

The municipal abbreviation, 渝 (Yú), wis approved bi the State Cooncil on 18 Aprile 1997. Chongqing wis an aa a municipality o the Republic o Cheenae admeenistration, servin as its wartime caipital durin the Seicont Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). Its abbreviatit name is derived frae the auld name o a pairt o the Jialing River that runs through Chongqing an feeds the Yangtze River.

The ceety is ane o the ceeties notable for history an cultur in Cheenae (历史文化名城), an notably, serves as the economic centre o the Upstream Yangtze aurie, a modren manufacturin centre an a transportation hub for Soothwast Cheenae.

Internaitional relations

Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Cheenae

Twin touns — sister ceeties

Chongqing is twinned wi:

Seattle, US Vacaville, US Hiroshima, Japan Mito, Ibaraki, Japan Toronto, Ontario, Canadae Waterloo, Ontario, Canadae

Brisbane, Australie Toulouse, Fraunce Düsseldorf, Germany Leicester, Ingland, UK Detroit, Michigan, US Banjarmasin, Indonesie

Trikala, Greece Shiraz, Iran Vladimir, Roushie Voronezh, Roushie Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine Córdoba, Argentina

Chongqing Municipality haes a Memorandum o Unnerstaundin (a form o twinnin arrangement) wi Wales, UK an became a 'sister region' o Wales in Mairch 2008.

In Juin 2007, a twinning agreement atween Chongqing an Sør-Trøndelag wis signed.