ChongQing
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Chongqing(Simplified Chinese: 重庆; Traditional Chinese: 重慶;
pinyin: Chóngqìng; Postal map spelling: Chungking;)
is the largest and most populous of the People's Republic of China's four provincial-level
municipalities. It is also the only four provincial-level municipality in the
less densely-populated western half of China.
Before March 14, 1997, Chongqing was a provincial city within Sichuan Province.
Located on the edge of the Yungui Plateau, Chongqing is intersected by the Jialing River and the upper reaches of the Yangtze.It contains Daba Shan in the north, Wu Shan in the east, Wuling Shan in the southeast, and Dalou Mountain to the south. The city is very hilly and is the only major metropolitan area in China without a significant numbers of bicycles. Human activities are dated back to the last part of the Old Stone Age (about 20,000 to 30,000 years ago). Chongqing is home to Asia's largest aluminum plant, South West Aluminium. The city is also the biggest inland river port in western China.
