| Basics
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Economy
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Official Contact Information
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| Area : 82,300 km2
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Agriculture : oranges, tangerines,
tobacco, wheat
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Regional government office address :
Renmin Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing
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| Largest City : Chongqing
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Animal products : pork, silk fiber
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Telephone : (86)(23)638-5444
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| English meaning of name : Double
Celebration
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Foreign direct investment (2001) :
US$256 million
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Website (Chinese) : www.cq.gov.cn/
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| Major Nationalities (2000) : Han 94%,
Tujia 5%, Miao 2%
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GDP (2002) : 197.1 billion yuan
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Website (English) : not available
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| Organization : 40 counties; 1259
townships
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GDP per capita : 6345 yuan
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Transportation
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| Population (2002) : 31,070,000
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Industry : aluminum, automobiles,
building materials, chemicals, electronics, food processing, metallurgy,
motorcycles, pharmaceuticals, steel
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Airports : Chongqing International
Airport (CKG); Wanzhou Wuqiao Airport and Qiangjiang Zhoubai Airport now under
construction
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| Population density : 378/km2
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List of desired foreign investment projects
: http://www.china.org.cn/english
/features/54349.htm
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Highways/railroads : Five national
highways and 17 provincial highways are in place totaling 27,200 km; rail lines
extend to Chengdu, Guiyang and Ankang
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| Weather : hot, wet summers; cool,
misty winters
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Mineral resources : aluminum oxide,
coal, gypsum, limestone, manganese, marble, mercury, natural gas, quartz, rock
salt, spar, strontium
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Major ports : no seaports (the
municipality is landlocked); the city is a major Yangtze river port, which will
accommodate ships up to 10,000 dwt after the completion of the Three Gorges
Dam, serving upstream cities including Wuhan and Shanghai
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