Chongqing
municipality of China
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Chongqing is a direct-administered municipality[1]. Chongqing draws 70,214 Wikipedia views per month (direct administered municipality category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: People's Republic of China[3]
- Country: People's Republic of China[4]
- Head of government: Hu Henghua[5]
- Continent: Asia[6]
- Instance of: megacity[7]
- Capital: Yuzhong District[8]
- Shares border with: Sichuan[9], Shaanxi[10], Hubei[11], Hunan[12], Guizhou[13]
- Named after: Emperor Guangzong of Song[14]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Wanzhou[15], Fuling District[16], Yuzhong District[17], Dadukou District[18], Jiangbei District[19], Shapingba District[20], Jiulongpo District[21], Nan'an District[22], Beibei District[23], Qijiang District[24], Dazu District[25], Yubei District[26], Banan District[27], Qianjiang District[28]
- Twinned administrative body: Onomichi[29], Addis Ababa[30], Hiroshima[31], Incheon[32], Bangkok[33], Pekanbaru[34], Shiraz[35], Toulouse[36], Leicester[37], Düsseldorf[38], Voronezh[39], Zaporizhzhia Oblast[40], Seattle[41], Detroit[42]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Chongqing include Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport[43], an international airport[44], in People's Republic of China[45] and Yuzhoupliosaurus[46], a fossil taxon[47].
Why It Matters
Chongqing has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] Chongqing is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]
Entities named for Chongqing include Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport[43], an international airport[44], in People's Republic of China[45] and Yuzhoupliosaurus[46], a fossil taxon[47].