Wansheng District | |
Settlement Type: | District |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Type1: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name1: | Chongqing |
Area Land Km2: | 566 |
Population As Of: | 2007 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Total: | 270000 |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Wansheng District is a former district of Chongqing Municipality, China.
In October 2011, Wansheng was merged into the much poorer Qijiang County to form the new Qijiang District.[1] [2]
Wansheng is a popular tourist destination in Chongqing, attracting tourists to natural attractions such as the Black Valley and Wansheng stone forest.[3] The stone forest of Wansheng is the second largest in China.[4] Before the development of tourism, Wansheng was a major coal producing area, with up to half of coal mined in Chongqing being mined in Wansheng.[5]