Chongqing

Chongqing 重庆
Municipality
重庆市 · Municipality of Chongqing
Clockwise from top: Jiefangbei CBD Skyline, Baidicheng temple, E'gongyan Bridge, Qutang Gorge, and the Great Hall of the People.
Location of Chongqing Municipality within China
Coordinates: 29°33′30″N 106°34′00″E / 29.55833°N 106.56667°E / 29.55833; 106.56667
Country	People's Republic of China
Settled	ca. 316 BCE
Divisions  - County-level  - Township-level	19 districts, 19 counties 1259 towns, townships, and subdistricts
Government
• Type	Municipality
• CPC Secretary	Sun Zhengcai[1]
• Mayor	Zhang Guoqing[2]
• Congress Chairman	Zhang Xuan
• Conference Chairman	Xu Jingye
Area [3]
• Municipality	82,403 km2 (31,816 sq mi)
Elevation	237 m (778 ft)
Population  (2010)[4]
• Municipality	28,846,170
• Density	350/km2 (910/sq mi)
Demonym	Chongqinger
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	4000 00 - 4099 00
Area code	23
GDP	2016
- Total	CNY 1750 billion US$ 254.5 billion (23rd)
- Per capita	CNY 39,500 US$ 6,191 (13th)
HDI (2008)	0.783 (18th) — medium
Licence plate prefixes	渝 A, B, C, F, G, H
ISO 3166-2	CN-50
City flower	Camellia[5]
City tree	Ficus lacor[6]
Website	www.cq.gov.cn (in Chinese) english.cq.gov.cn (in English)

Chongqing (Simplified Chinese: 重庆, Traditional Chinese: 重慶; pinyin: Chóngqìng; Postal System Pinyin: Chungking) is a city and a district in Central China. The Chongqing district is the most populated district of China and has 31,442,300 inhabitants (2005).

1. ↑ Zhang Dejiang Profile
2. ↑ Zhang Guoqing appointed as Chongqing acting mayor
3. ↑ "Doing Business in China - Survey". Ministry Of Commerce - People's Republic Of China. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
4. ↑ "重庆市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报". Netease. 2011-05-03. Archived from the original on 2018-12-25. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
5. ↑ "City Flower". Archived from the original on 2019-01-06. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
6. ↑ "City Tree". Archived from the original on 2019-01-06. Retrieved 2013-08-21.