{ "contentStorage": "postgres", "title": "Chongqing · History", "description": "Chongqing is a provincial-level division (municipality) of the People's Republic of China, with administrative division code 500000.", "url": "/en/places/chongqing/history.html", "entity": { "id": "place_chongqing", "type": "place", "title": "Chongqing", "slug": "chongqing", "aliases": [ "重庆市" ], "summary": "Chongqing is a provincial-level division (municipality) of the People's Republic of China, with administrative division code 500000.", "status": "published", "categories": [ "category-geography" ], "tags": [ "tag-admin-division" ], "sources": [ { "id": "mca2023", "title": "2023年中华人民共和国县以上行政区划代码（民政部）", "url": "https://www.mca.gov.cn/mzsj/xzqh/2023/202301xzqh.html", "locator": "代码 500000 重庆市" }, { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata Q11725", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11725" }, { "id": "enwiki", "title": "Chongqing (Wikipedia)", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongqing" }, { "id": "zhwiki", "title": "重庆市（维基百科）", "url": "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%8D%E5%BA%86%E5%B8%82" }, { "id": "cptond", "title": "CPTOND-2025 — Wang, Liang 等 (CC BY 4.0)", "url": "https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.29377427.v2" } ], "createdAt": "2026-10-25", "updatedAt": "2026-10-25", "revision": 1, "body": "## Administrative status\n\nChongqing is a provincial-level division of the People's Republic of China[^mca2023].\n\n## Subdivisions\n\n38 county-level or higher divisions[^mca2023]:\n\n- [[place_cn_500101|Wanzhou]] (district, 500101)\n- [[place_cn_500102|Fuling District]] (district, 500102)\n- [[place_cn_500103|Yuzhong District]] (district, 500103)\n- [[place_cn_500104|Dadukou District]] (district, 500104)\n- [[place_cn_500105|Jiangbei District]] (district, 500105)\n- [[place_cn_500106|Shapingba District]] (district, 500106)\n- [[place_cn_500107|Jiulongpo District]] (district, 500107)\n- [[place_cn_500108|Nan'an District]] (district, 500108)\n- [[place_cn_500109|Beibei District]] (district, 500109)\n- [[place_cn_500110|Qijiang District]] (district, 500110)\n- [[place_cn_500111|Dazu District]] (district, 500111)\n- [[place_cn_500112|Yubei District]] (district, 500112)\n- [[place_cn_500113|Banan District]] (district, 500113)\n- [[place_cn_500114|Qianjiang District]] (district, 500114)\n- [[place_cn_500115|Changshou District]] (district, 500115)\n- [[place_cn_500116|Jiangjin District]] (district, 500116)\n- [[place_cn_500117|Hechuan District]] (district, 500117)\n- [[place_cn_500118|Yongchuan District]] (district, 500118)\n- [[place_cn_500119|Nanchuan District]] (district, 500119)\n- [[place_cn_500120|Bishan District]] (district, 500120)\n- [[place_cn_500151|Tongliang District]] (district, 500151)\n- [[place_cn_500152|Tongnan District]] (district, 500152)\n- [[place_cn_500153|Rongchang District]] (district, 500153)\n- [[place_cn_500154|Kaizhou District]] (district, 500154)\n- [[place_cn_500155|Liangping District]] (district, 500155)\n- [[place_cn_500156|Wulong District]] (district, 500156)\n- [[place_cn_500229|Chengkou County]] (county, 500229)\n- [[place_cn_500230|Fengdu County]] (county, 500230)\n- [[place_cn_500231|Dianjiang County]] (county, 500231)\n- [[place_cn_500233|Zhong County]] (county, 500233)\n- [[place_cn_500235|Yunyang County]] (county, 500235)\n- [[place_cn_500236|Fengjie County]] (county, 500236)\n- [[place_cn_500237|Wushan County]] (county, 500237)\n- [[place_cn_500238|Wuxi County]] (county, 500238)\n- [[place_cn_500240|Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County]] (autonomous county, 500240)\n- [[place_cn_500241|Xiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County]] (autonomous county, 500241)\n- [[place_cn_500242|Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County]] (autonomous county, 500242)\n- [[place_cn_500243|Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County]] (autonomous county, 500243)\n\n## Basic facts\n\n- Administrative division code: 500000[^mca2023]\n- Area: 82,403 km²[^wikidata]\n- Population: 32.05 million (2020)[^wikidata]\n\n## History\n\n- 1929: established[^wikidata].\n- Replaced 万县市[^wikidata].\n- Replaced Fuling City[^wikidata].\n- Replaced Qianjiang Region[^wikidata].\n\n## Metro\n\nMetro lines[^cptond]:\n\n- [[concept_chongqing_metro_line_1|Line 1 (Chongqing Rail Transit)]]\n- [[concept_chongqing_metro_line_2|Line 2 (Chongqing Rail Transit)]]\n- [[concept_chongqing_metro_line_3|Line 3 (Chongqing Rail Transit)]]\n- [[concept_chongqing_metro_line_4|Line 4 (Chongqing Rail Transit)]]\n- [[concept_chongqing_metro_line_5|Line 5 (Chongqing Rail Transit)]]\n- [[concept_chongqing_metro_line_6|Line 6 (Chongqing Rail Transit)]]\n- [[concept_chongqing_metro_line_9|Line 9 (Chongqing Rail Transit)]]\n- [[concept_chongqing_metro_line_10|Line 10 (Chongqing Rail Transit)]]\n- [[concept_chongqing_metro_line_18|Line 18 (Chongqing Rail Transit)]]\n- [[concept_chongqing_metro_line_bitongxian|重庆璧铜线]]\n- [[concept_chongqing_metro_line_guidaojiaotongguoboxian|International Expo branch]]\n- [[concept_chongqing_metro_line_guidaojiaotongjiangtiaoxian|重庆轨道交通江跳线]]\n- [[concept_chongqing_metro_line_guidaojiaotonghuanxian|Loop line (Chongqing Rail Transit)]]", "url": "/places/chongqing.html", "lang": "en", "availableLangs": [ "zh", "en" ], "placeKind": "municipality", "coordinates": { "latitude": 29.55, "longitude": 106.506944 }, "adminArea": "People's Republic of China · Chongqing", "established": { "year": 1929, "display": "1929" } }, "entities": null, "history": [ { "from": "1929", "title": "设立", "note": "Wikidata 记录的设立时间。", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11725" ] } ], "lang": "en", "availableLangs": [ "zh", "en" ], "infoFields": [ { "key": "place_kind", "label": "Place kind", "value": "municipality" }, { "key": "admin_area", "label": "Admin area", "value": "People's Republic of China · Chongqing" }, { "key": "coordinates", "label": "Coordinates", "value": "29.55000, 106.50694" }, { "key": "established", "label": "Established", "value": "1929" } ], 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