Natural Environment (2007)

Location:

Chongqing locates at 28°10'～32°13' north latitude and 105°11'～110°11' east longitude. Chongqing has a favorable geographical location with a vast hinterland. With Hubei Province and Hu'nan Province to the east, Guizhou Province to the south, Sichuan Province to the west, Shanxi Province to the north, Chongqing is a large commercial and industrial center, and enjoys convenient communications. Chongqing municipality was established on March 14, 1997.

Area:

Covering an area of 0.0824 million square kilometers, the municipality is 470 kilometers wide from east to west and 450 kilometers long from north to south. There was a total of 19 districts in Chongqing in 2007: Wanzhou, Fuling Yuzhong (center of Chongqing), Dadukou, Jiangbei, Shapingba, Jiulongpo, Nan'an, Beibei, Wansheng, Shuangqiao, Yubei, Ba'nan, Qianjiang, Changshou, Jiangjin, Hechuan, Yongchuan, Nanchuan；And 21 counties in Chongqing: Qijiang, Tongnan, Tongliang, Dazu, Rongchang, Bishan, Kaixian, Zhongxian, Liangping, Yunyang, Fengjie, Wushan, Wuxi, Chengkou, Dianjiang, Wulong, Fengdu, Shizhu, Pengshui, Youyang, Xiushan.

Topography:

Chongqing's eastern is lower than the western, lots of hills in the northwest and the middle areas, with Daba Mountain and Wuling Mountain to the southeast.

River:

The main rivers are Yangtze River, Jialing River, Wujiang River, Fujiang River, Qijiang River and Daning River.

Climate:

Chongqing has a subtropical humid monsoon climate with four distinct seasons. Summer of Chongqing is hot and winter is warm, with a long frost-free period. In 2007 annual average temperature was 19.0℃, and annual precipitation was 1439.2 mm.