Wanzhou, Chongqing Explained

Wanzhou
Native Name:万州区
Native Name Lang:zh-Hans
Settlement Type:District
Image Map1:Wanzhou.svg
Map Caption1:Wanzhou District in Chongqing
Mapsize1:250px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:Municipality
Subdivision Name1:Chongqing
Area Total Km2:3457
Area Urban Km2:80
Population As Of:2013
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Total:1753500
Population Urban:700,000
Population Urban Footnotes: (2018)[1]
Coordinates:30.8076°N 108.4086°W
Blank Name:GDP
Blank Info:2013
Blank1 Name: - Total
Blank1 Info:CNY 70.23 billion
(US$ 11.46 billion)
Blank2 Name: - Per capita
Blank2 Info:CNY 43,197
(US$ 7,047)
Blank4 Name:Licence plate prefix
Blank4 Info:Chinese: 渝F
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8

Wanzhou District is Chongqing's second most populated urban core area on the upper reaches of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River in China. It is currently governed as a district of Chongqing Municipality, bordering Sichuan to the northwest and Hubei to the southeast. It was formerly known as Wanxian or Wan County . Prior to Chongqing's formation as a direct-controlled municipality, Wanzhou was part of Sichuan province. The urban core of Wanzhou is 228km (142miles) away from Chongqing's city proper.

The characters for "Wanzhou" mean "myriad-prefecture"; which is derived from the phrase "the place where myriad rivers converge and myriad traders gather" (Chinese: 万川毕汇、万商云集). Due to the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, 47% of Wanzhou's old urban area was submerged and had to be relocated.

History

The district was part of Wanxian Prefecture (Chinese: 万县地区|labels=no), then the prefectural Wanxian City (Chinese: 万县市|labels=no). It was renamed to Wanzhou in late 1990s.

It was part of Quren County of Ba Commandery (Chinese: 巴郡朐忍县) in the Qin dynasty. It became Yangqu County (Chinese: 羊渠县) in 216 (the Eastern Han dynasty). In 230 (the Shu-Han Kingdom), it was renamed to Nanpu (Chinese: 南浦县); in 553 (the Western Wei dynasty), to Yuquan (Chinese: 鱼泉县); in 557 (Northern Zhou dynasty), to Anxiang (Chinese: 安乡县); in 584, to Wanchuan (Chinese: 万川县); and in 598 (Sui dynasty), to Nanpu again.

In 619 (Tang dynasty), Nanpu Commandery (Chinese: 南浦郡) was established. In 625, the name was changed to Pu Prefecture (Chinese: 浦州), and in 634, to Wan Prefecture . In 1373 (Yuan dynasty), Wan was demoted to a county .

In the 19th century, it was known in English as Wanhsien and Wan County. In 1935, it became Wanxian Prefecture (Chinese: 万县专区). On 12 December 1992, the State Council abolished Wanxian Prefecture and its subordinate Wanxian City and created the prefecture-level Wanxian City, which administered the districts of Longbao (Chinese: 龙宝区), Tiancheng (Chinese: 天城区), Wuqiao (Chinese: 五桥区) and the counties of Kai, Zhong, Liangping, Yunyang, Fengjie, Wushan, Wuxi, and Chengkou.

The entire Wanxian City was merged into Chongqing on 20 December 1997. The merge necessitated the abolishment of Wanxian City and creation of Wanxian District and Wanxian Migration Development Area (Chinese: 移民开发区). Wanxian City's three districts were converted to administrative committees (Chinese: 管理委员会, abbreviated Chinese: 管委会) of Wanxian District. The migration development area included the counties formerly in Wanxian City, except Liangping and Chengkou, which were administered by Chongqing directly.

On 22 May 1998, the State Council approved that the two areas named Wanxian were both renamed to Wanzhou. The migration development area later dissolved and its counties were directly controlled by Chongqing. On 19 July 2000, the district's administrative committees were changed to migration development areas.

Sports

The 26,000-capacity Wanzhou Pailou Sports Stadium is located in Wanzhou. It is used mostly for association football and also sometimes for athletics. One stand is covered with a roof.

Geography and climate

Wanzhou spans 30°24′−31°14′ N latitude and 107°55′−108°53′ E longitude, and is situated at the eastern edge of the Sichuan Basin. It reaches a maximal north–south extent of 67.25km (41.79miles) and east–west width of 97.25km (60.43miles), covering an area of 3214km2. Elevations range from 106m (348feet) in the town of Tailong (Chinese: 太龙镇) to 1762m (5,781feet) at Shaping Peak (Chinese: 沙坪峰) of the Qiyao Mountains (Chinese: 齐曜山).[2] Bordering county-level divisions:

Similar to the city proper of Chongqing, Wanzhou has a monsoon-humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa) with short, mild winters, and very hot, humid summers, and is in fact on average 0.5C-change warmer during the day. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 7C in January to 28.3C in August, while the annual mean is 17.95C.

Subdivisions

The 4 primary subdivisions were 3 migration development areas (Longbao, Tiancheng, Wuqiao) and Jiangnan New District (Chinese: 江南新区). Now Wanzhou is subdivided into 92 township divisions are 16 sub-districts, 33 towns, and 43 townships (see Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#Levels). In 2000, the district included 32 towns, 45 townships, 14 sub-districts, and 1277 neighborhood and village committees.

Name Chinese (S) Population (2010)[3] Area (km2)
Chinese: 高笋塘街道 103,982 3
Chinese: 太白街道 108,387 13.1
Chinese: 牌楼街道 104,351 9.8
Chinese: 双河口街道 33,715 23
Chinese: 龙都街道 36,134 24
Chinese: 周家坝街道 88,494 12
Chinese: 沙河街道 24,915 11.2
Chinese: 钟鼓楼街道 85,873 38.7
Chinese: 百安坝街道 91,947 15.8
Chinese: 五桥街道 20,672 25.7
Chinese: 陈家坝街道 24,745 34.75
Xiaozhou town Chinese: 小周镇 9,136 49
Dazhou town Chinese: 大周镇 12,184 64
Xinxiang town Chinese: 新乡镇 6,683 140.2
Sunjia town Chinese: 孙家镇 9,737 46.6
Gaofeng town Chinese: 高峰镇 19,550 46.2
Longsha town Chinese: 龙沙镇 28,127 25
Xiangshui town Chinese: 响水镇 16,889 59.5
Wuling town Chinese: 武陵镇 24,632 34.4
Rangdu town Chinese: 瀼渡镇 [4] 11,613 30.7
Ganning town Chinese: 甘宁镇 30,873 104.8
Tiancheng town Chinese: 天城镇 41,762 52.4
Xiongjia town Chinese: 熊家镇 33,176 82.5
Gaoliang town Chinese: 高梁镇 49,357 37.7
Lihe town Chinese: 李河镇 23,264 38.7
Fenshui town Chinese: 分水镇 60,308 220.96
Yujia town Chinese: 余家镇 30,454 78.2
Houshan town Chinese: 后山镇 15,338 78.86
Danzi town Chinese: 弹子镇 18,318 54.6
Changling town Chinese: 长岭镇 34,962 53.2
Xintian town Chinese: 新田镇 34,145 104.4
Baiyang town Chinese: 白羊镇 38,078 34.4
Longju town Chinese: 龙驹镇 31,982 241.5
Zouma town Chinese: 走马镇 26,017 76.5
Luotian town Chinese: 罗田镇 27,669 81.7
Tailong town Chinese: 太龙镇 14,148 63
Changtan town Chinese: 长滩镇 17,904 101.3
Tai'an town Chinese: 太安镇 19,583 47.2
Baitu town Chinese: 白土镇 16,790 54.6
Guocun town Chinese: 郭村镇 21,326 24.4
Chinese: 柱山乡 16,331 53.9
Chinese: 铁峰乡 7,934 50
Chinese: 溪口乡 5,695 39.2
Chinese: 长坪乡 8,580 44.3
Chinese: 燕山乡 9,845 56.4
Chinese: 梨树乡 6,116 51.02
Chinese: 普子乡 8,295 85.7
Chinese: 黄柏乡 10,949 31
Chinese: 九池乡 17,705 21.5
Chinese: 茨竹乡 5,272 37.8
Chinese: 地宝土家族乡 5,502 44.4
Chinese: 恒合土家族乡 13,606 81.9

Colleges and universities

Transport

Wanzhou has three Yangtze River crossings. It has two railway stations: Wanzhou North offers high-speed service and Wanzhou offers infrequent conventional services.

References

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  2. Book: 1995 . zh:《万县志》 . zh:概述 1.
  3. Book: Census Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. Population and Employment Statistics Division of the National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China . zh:中国2010人口普查分乡、镇、街道资料. 2012. . Beijing. 978-7-5037-6660-2. 1.
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  5. Web site: http://www.sanxiau.edu.cn/ . zh:重庆三峡学院 . "Chinese: 重庆市万州区沙龙路二段780号 重庆市万州区天星路666号".
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