Chongqing

Chongqing (; Sichuanese Pinyin: Cong2qin4; Sichuanese pronunciation: ; 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.Leet o Cheenese admeenistrative diveesions bi aurie It is possibly the warld's lairgest municipality bi population an ane o the lairgest bi aurie.

The municipal abbreviation,  (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

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.Chongqing Municipality and Sør-Trøndelag county signs Twinning-Agreement (Norway - the official site in China) 

References

Category:Independent ceeties
Category:Metropolitan auries o Cheenae
Category:Municipalities o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
Category:Port ceeties an touns in Cheenae
Category:Populatit places established in the 5t century BC
Category:Populatit places on the Yangtze River