Chongqing Wikipedia. ChongqingMunicipality. Chongqing Municipality. Location of Chongqing Municipality within China. Coordinates 2. 93. N1. 063. 40. 0E 2. LrCXck3uao/hqdefault.jpg' alt='Air India Fc Trials 2013 Hunter' title='Air India Fc Trials 2013 Hunter' />N 1. E 2. Coordinates 2. The Kragujevac massacre 21 October 1941 was the mass murder of almost 2,800 men and boys in the city of Kragujevac in the Germanoccupied territory of Serbia by. Get the latest international news and world events from Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and more. See world news photos and videos at ABCNews. N1. 063. 40. 0E 2. N 1. 06. 5. 66. 67E 2. Country. China. Settledc. BCDivisions County level Township level. Government  Type. Municipality  CPC Secretary. Chen Miner  Mayor. You have not yet voted on this site If you have already visited the site, please help us classify the good from the bad by voting on this site. Zhang Guoqing1  Congress chairman. Zhang Xuan  Conference chairman. Xu Jingye. Area2  Municipality. Urban. 47. 2. 8 km. Elevation. 24. 4 m 8. Population 2. 01. Municipality. 30,1. Density. 37. 0km. Urban. 8,1. 65,5. Urban density. 17,0. DemonymsChongqinger. Time zone. China Standard UTC8Postal code. Area codes2. 3GDP2. Total. CNY 1. 7. 6 trillion. USD 2. 64 billion 2. Per capita. 58,2. CNY8,7. 70 USD 1. HDI 2. 01. 40. 7. Licence plate prefixesA, D Yuzhong, Jiangbei, Jiulongpo, DadukouB Nanan, Shapingba, Beibei, Wansheng, Shuangqiao, Yubei, Banan, ChangshouC Yongchuan, Hechuan, Jiangjin, Qijiang, Tongnan, Tongliang, Dazu, Rongchang, BishanFWanzhou, Liangping, Chengkou, Wushan, Wuxi, Zhongxian, Kaizhou, Fengjie, YunyangGFuling, Nanchuan, Dianjiang, Fengdu, WulongHQianjiang, Shizhu, Xiushan, Youyang, PengshuiISO 3. CN 5. 0Abbreviation. CQ yCity flower. Camellia5City tree. Ficus lacor6Websitein Chinese CQ. English. CQ. gov. Chongqing Chinese, formerly transliterated as Chungkinga, is a major city in southwest China. Administratively, it is one of Chinas four direct controlled municipalities the other three are Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin, and the only such municipality in China located far away from the coast. The municipality was created on 1. March 1. 99. 7 to help the Three Gorges Dam migration, succeeding the sub provincial city administration that was part of Sichuan Province. Chongqings population as of 2. Of these, approximately 8. Chongqing city proper Fuling District, Wanzhou District and Qianjiang District are in fact cities in their own right, and along with the city proper constitute a metropolitan area. According to the 2. Chongqing is the most populous Chinese municipality,1. China, and comprises 2. The official abbreviation of the city, Yu, was approved by the State Council on 1. April 1. 99. 7. 1. This abbreviation is derived from the old name of a part of the Jialing River that runs through Chongqing and feeds into the Yangtze River. Chongqing was also a Sichuan province municipality during the Republic of China ROC administration, serving as its wartime capital during the Second Sino Japanese War 1. Chongqing has a significant history and culture and serves as the economic centre of the upstream Yangtze basin. It is a major manufacturing centre and transportation hub a July 2. Economist Intelligence Unit described it as one of Chinas 3. HistoryeditAncient historyeditTradition associates Chongqing with the State of Ba. This new capital was first named Jiangzhou. Imperial eraeditJiangzhou subsequently remained under Qin Shi Huangs rule during the Qin Dynasty, the successor of the Qin State, and under the control of Han Dynasty emperors. Jiangzhou was subsequently renamed during the Southern and Northern Dynasties to Chu Prefecture, then in 5. AD Sui Dynasty to Yu Prefecture, and later in 1. Northern Song to Gong Prefecture. The name Yu however survives to this day as an abbreviation for Chongqing, and the city centre where the old town stood is also called Yuzhong Central Yu. It received its current name in 1. Prince Zhao Dun of the Southern Song Dynasty described his crowning as king and then Emperor Guangzong as a double celebration simplified Chinese traditional Chinese pinyin shungchng xqng, or chongqing in short. In his honour, Yu Prefecture was therefore renamed Chongqing subprefecture marking the occasion of his enthronement. In 1. 36. 2, Yuan Dynasty, Ming Yuzhen, a peasant rebelling leader, established the Daxia Kingdom at Chongqing for a short time. In 1. 62. 1 Ming Dynasty, another short lived kingdom of Daliang was established by She Chongming with Chongqing as its capital. In 1. 64. 4, after the fall of the Ming Dynasty to rebel army, Chongqing, together with the rest of Sichuan, was captured by Zhang Xianzhong, who was said to have massacred a large number of people in Sichuan and depopulated the province with was also partially due to many people fleeing. The Manchus later conquered the province, and during the Qing Dynasty, immigration to Chongqing and Sichuan took place with the support of Qing emperor. In 1. 89. 0, the British Consulate General was opened in Chongqing. The following year, the city became the first inland commerce port open to foreigners. The French, German, US and Japanese consulates were opened in Chongqing in 1. Provisional capital of the Republic of Chinaedit. A street scene in Chongqing, c. During the Second Sino Japanese War 1. Generalissimo Chiang Kai sheks provisional capital. After Britain, the United States, and other Allies entered the war in Asia in December 1. Allies deputy commanders of operations in South East Asia South East Asia Command SEAC, Joseph Stilwell, was based in the city. The city was also visited by Lord Louis Mountbatten, the Supreme Commander of SEAC which was itself headquartered in Ceylon, modern day Sri Lanka. Chiang Kai Shek as Supreme Commander in China worked closely with Stilwell. The Japanese Air Forceheavily bombed it. Due to its mountainous environment, many people were saved from the bombing. Due to the bravery, contributions and sacrifices made by the local people during World War II, Chongqing became known as the City of Heroes. Many factories and universities were relocated from eastern China to Chongqing during the war, transforming this city from inland port to a heavily industrialized city. In late November 1. Can Windows Read Hfs Plus Vs Ntfs. Nationalist KMT government fled the city. Municipality statusedit. A night view of Chongqing Central Business District from across the Yangtze river. On 1. 4 March 1. 99. Eighth National Peoples Congress decided to merge the Sub provincial city with the neighbouring Fuling, Wanxian, and Qianjiang prefectures that it had governed on behalf of the province since September 1. The resulting single division became Chongqing Municipality, containing 3. The municipality became the spearhead of Chinas effort to develop its western regions and to coordinate the resettlement of residents from the reservoir areas of the Three Gorges Dam project. Its first official ceremony took place on 1. June 1. 99. 7. On 8 February 2. Chongqing became one of the four National CentralCore cities, the other three are Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin. On 1. 8 June 2. 01. Liangjiang New Area was established in Chongqing, which is the third State level new areas at the time of its establishment. Organised crime and the gang trialseditIn the first decade of the 2. Gangsters oversaw businesses involving billions of yuan and the corruption reached into the law enforcement and justice systems. In 2. 00. 9, city authorities under the auspices of municipal Communist Party secretary Bo Xilai undertook a large scale crackdown, arresting 4,8. However, local media later highlighted the apparent reliance by the authorities on torture to extract confessions upon which convictions were based. In December 2. 00. July 2. 01. 0, another lawyer released videotapes of his client describing the torture in detail. In 2. 01. 4, four policemen involved in the interrogation were charged with the practice of opposed illegal interrogation techniques, considered by observers to be torture. The number of security cameras increased significantly in the early 2. GeographyeditPhysical geography and topographyeditGeographic coordinateslatitude 2. N, longitude 1. 05 1.