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Chongqing ( Traditional Chinese/ Simplified Chinese; pinyin: Chóngqìng; Wade-Giles: Ch'ung-ch'ing; Postal System Pinyin: Chungking) is the largest and most populous of the People's Republic of China's four municipalities, which have provincial-level status. It is the only municipality to the west of the densely populated eastern half of China. It is the largest conurbation in the world, with the population of 30,970,000. The placename literally means "Double Celebration".
重庆市
Chóngqìng Shì
Abbreviation: 渝 ( pinyin: Yú)
Origin of Name重 chóng - again
庆 qìng - celebrate
put together:
double celebration
Seat of Government Yuzhong District
Area
 - Total
 - % of national
 - % water
Ranked 26th
82,300 km²
0.854%
xx%
Population
 - Total ( 2001)
 - % of national
 - Density
Ranked 20thThis is a list of administrative regions of the People's Republic of China (including all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and special administrative regions) in order of their total population. The data, effective for 2001, are from the 2002
30,970,000
2.43%
378/km²
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 - Total ( 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom)
 - % of national
 - per capita
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197.110 billion ¥The renminbi (Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , literally means "people's currency") is the official currency of the People's Republic of China. It is issued by the People's Bank of China, the monetary authority of mainland China. The official
1.92%
6360 ¥The renminbi (Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , literally means "people's currency") is the official currency of the People's Republic of China. It is issued by the People's Bank of China, the monetary authority of mainland China. The official
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City flower Camellia
(Camellia japonica)
Administration TypeMunicipality
Mayor Wang Hongju
CPC Chongqing Committee Secretary Huang Zhendong
County-level subdivisions40
Township-level subdivisions1259
Area Code23
Postal Code400000 - 409900
License Plate Prefix渝A, B, C, F, G, H
Details
ISO 3166-2CN-50

The municipal abbreviation, Yu, was approved by the State Council on April 18, 1997. Yu had previously been used by the Kuomintang. It is the old name of a part of the Jialing River that runs through Chongqing with the Yangtze.

The city centre (市区) consists of the districts of Jiangbei , Shapingba, Jiulongpo , Dadukou , and Yuzhong .



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