NANCHONG

'Nanchong' ( ) is a prefecture-level city in the north-east of Sichuan Province of the People's Republic of China. It is the second most populated city and one of the 8 largest cities of Sichuan province. The administrative center is Shunqing district, which is linked to Chengdu, the prefectural capital by the Chengnan Highway and to another prefecture-level city Guang´an by the Nanguang Highway. The Highway to the provincial-level municipality of Chongqing is under construction now.

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Subdivisions

Geography

History

Higher Education

Celebrities

External link

Subdivisions

★ Nanbu county 南部县 Nánbù Xiàn

★ Xichong county 西充县 Xīchōng Xiàn

★ Yingshan county 营山县 Yíngshān Xiàn

★ Yilong county 仪陇县 Yílǒng Xiàn

★ Peng'an county 蓬安县 Péng'ān Xiàn

★ Langzhong county 阆中市 Lángzhōng Shì

★ Shunqing district 顺庆区 Shùnqing Qū

★ Gaoping district 高坪区 Gāopíng Qū

★ Jialing district 嘉陵区 Jiālíng Qū

Geography

Nanchong is located in the north-east of Sichuan province. The city has a wide range of transport links, via the Chengnan and Nanguang highways, and national ways 318 and 213 pass through it. To the east of Nanchong is Daxian, to the west are Mianyang and Suining and to the north is Guangyuan.
The vast majority of the city consists of hills. The woodland coverage is 25%, but the woods are totally man made and quite young. Erosion in the area is serious, and because of this, the waters of the Jialin river contain more sand and mud than other larger rivers in the province.
The Jialin river, a Yangtze tributary, crosses Nanchong from north to south, and there are another 30 rivers with a drainage basin of more than 30 sq kilometers, but water pollution is serious. Sichuan water authority figures show that the water of some catchments of Jialin river cannot be used for drinking and irrigation.
Every day there is a flight from Nanchong Gaoping Airport to Guangzhou. More flights to Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Chengdu will be opened in future.

History

Nanchong was a part of the Ba nation before its conquest by the Qin dynasty in 314 BC. The Qin set up the government at Langzhong city. Anhan city was established in Sunqin district at the beginning of the Han Dynasty.
The name of Anhan city was changed to Guozhou (fruit city) in 621 AD (Tang dynasty), and the name changed to Nanchong in 742 AD.

Higher Education

There are 4 universities in Nanchong.
Southwest Petroleum University (www.swpi.edu.cn)
China West Normal University (www.swpi.edu.cn)
North Sichuan Medical College (www.nsmc.edu.cn)
Nanchong Professional Technic College (www.nczy.com)

Celebrities

★ Chen Shou, famous historian in the Western Jin Dynasty，the author of San guo zhi (the Book of Three Kingdoms)

★ Zhu De, famous leader of the Chinese Communist Party and Peoples Liberation Army

★ Luo Ruiqing, General of the Chinese Army, former minister of Public Security of People's Republic of China

★ Zhang Lan, former vice president of People's Republic of China.

External link

★ Government of Nanchong