Wanzhou, Chongqing Municipality, China
🇨🇳 Wanzhou District is Chongqing's second most populated urban core area on the upper reaches of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River in China. It is currently governed as a district of Chongqing Municipality, bordering Sichuan to the north-west and Hubei to the south-east. It was formerly known as Wanxian or Wan County. Prior to Chongqing's formation as a direct-controlled municipality, Wanzhou was part of Sichuan province. The urban core of Wanzhou is 228 km away from Chongqing's city proper. The 4 primary subdivisions were 3 migration development areas (Longbao, Tiancheng, Wuqiao) and Jiangnan New District (江南新区). Now Wanzhou is subdivided into 92 township divisions are 16 sub-districts, 33 towns, and 43 townships. In 2000, the district included 32 towns, 45 townships, 14 sub-districts, and 1277 neighbourhood and village committees.
The Yangtze River / Three Gorges reservoir at Wanzhou
Wanzhou has a population of over 700,000 people. Wanzhou also forms the centre of the wider Wanzhou District which has a population of over 1,753,500 people. It is also a part of the larger Chongqing Municipality.
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