Populated Places Established in the 5th Century BC - Amphipolis, Chongqing, Tangier, Gyumri, Heraclea Lucania, List of Cities in Ancient Epirus (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Amphipolis, Chongqing, Tangier, Gyumri, Heraclea Lucania, List of cities in ancient Epirus, Caltanissetta, Aytos, Sciacca, Pitsunda, Giugliano in Campania, Kimmerikon. Excerpt: Chongqing (Chinese: Chinese Postal Map Romanisation: Chungking) is a major city in Southwest China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. Administratively, it is one of the PRC's four direct-controlled municipalities (the other three are Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin), and the only such municipality in inland China. The municipality was created on 14 March 1997, succeeding the sub-provincial city administration that was part of Sichuan Province. As of November 2010, the municipality had a population of 28,846,200. It has jurisdiction over 19 districts, 17 counties, and four autonomous counties. With an area of 82,401 km (31,800 mi ), it is the largest direct-controlled municipality, larger even than one province and an autonomous region, as well as Taiwan. It is possibly the world's largest municipality by population and one of the largest by area. The municipal abbreviation, (Yu), was approved by the State Council on 18 April 1997. Chongqing was also a municipality of the Republic of China administration, serving as its wartime capital during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). Its abbreviated name is derived from the old name of a part of the Jialing River that runs through Chongqing and feeds the Yangtze River. Chongqing is one of the most notable cities for history and culture in China ( ), and serves as the economic centre of the Upstream Yangtze area. It is the major manufacturing centre and a transportation hub for Southwest China. Tradition associates Chongqing with the semi-legendary State of Ba that the Ba people supposedly established during the eleventh century BCE. By 316 BCE, ...