Geography
Chongqing is situated in the southeastern part of Sichuan Province and Sanxia (the Three Gorges) area on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. It is an economic center and land- and water-transport hub on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
It covers an area of 23,000 square kilometers including
158 sq km urban districts, and has a total population of 15.2
million including more than three million urban residents.
Its downtown is located where the Yangtze and Jialing
rivers meet. The urban buildings at the foot of hills and beside the rivers stand majestic. Chongqing is a really beautiful city.
Chongqing's terrain slopes from south and north to the Yangtze River featuring hills, flat land and mountains.

Climate
Belonging to Central Asian sub-tropical humid monsoon climate, Chongqing is warm in winter and hot in summer. It has a long frost-free period and abundant rainfall with an average daily temperature of 18.4 degrees centigrade.

Historical Background
Chongqing is one of China's historical and cultural cities. It opened wider to the outside world in 1891, and was designated as "Peidu" by the Kuomintang Government during the War of Resistance Against Japan (1937-1945). It became one of the central municipalities after the founding of the New China.
In 1983, Chongqing took the lead in carrying out a comprehensive reform of the economic system, and in enjoying the provincial status in economic management. In 1992, it was designated as one of the open cities along the Yangtze River.

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　　Though it may not appear so in the shambles of arrival, Beijing is a place of very orderly design. Long, straight boulevards and avenues are crisscrossed by a network of lanes. Places of interest are either very easy to find if they're on the avenues, or impossible to find if they're buried down the narrow alleys (hutongs). The Forbidden City acts like a bullseye, surrounded by a chessboard of roads.

　　hen there are the 'villages' (li). Beijing was once surrounded by many tiny villages, though over time these have in fact become neighbourhoods within the megalopolis. The Beijing Municipality is carved up into 10 districts and eight counties.

Airport

Located 13 miles ( 21km ) in the northern district of Chongqing, Jiangbei International airport occupies an area of 300 acres besides an 1.75 miles long 197 feet wide landing way. All China air companies have their destination offices in the Chongqing Jiangbei airport managing incoming and outgoing flights with Boeing 737, 707, 757, and MD-82, MD-90, Airbus320, TU154,etc. The whole airport has a capacity of accepting 1000 passengers per hour. Chongqing has connections by air with 27 cities in China and around the world. From Chongqing, there is daily flight to Beijing, Changsha, Guangzhou, Guilin, Haikou, Kunming, Nanjing, Ningbo, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an, Yichang and Zhengzhou. And every week, there are two flights scheduled for Bangkok Thailand, two flights for Nagoya Japan, three flights for Macau and five flights for Hong Kong. Chongqing Jiangbei airport is also one of the few airports in China that operates the flights to Tibet.

Railway station　

Chongqing Railroad Station is located in the center of three main rail arteries: Chuan Qian Rail Artery, starting from Chongqing in the north and ending in Guiyang in the south with a total distance of 290 miles (463km); Cheng Yu Rail Artery, starting from Chengdy in the west and ending in Chongqing in the east with a total

distance of 315miles (504km ); Xiang Yu Rail Artery, starting from Xiangfan in Hubei Province and ending in Chongqing in the west with a total distance of 572miles (915km). The three rail arteries stretch around Chongqing becoming part of the national rail network.

Bus station

City transport

Water Transport: Chongqing is a major trading port on the upper Yangtze River. The Jialing and Minjiang are the two major rivers converging into the Yangtze River. Upon completion of the Three Gorges Dam project, vessels of up to 20,000 tons will be able to ship directly to the Chaotianmen Docks at high tide. In addition, the municipality is planning to develop its biggest deep-water berths at the Changshou Port.