The City of Chengdu is the capital city of Sichuan Province and the most populous prefectural-level division in China. As of 2023, the City of Chengdu is administratively divided into 12 districts, 5 county-level cities, and 3 counties. [1]
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Name | Chinese | Pinyin | Population (2010) [2] | Area (km²) | Density (/km²) |
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5 central urban districts | |||||
Jinjiang District (provincial seat) | 锦江区 | Jǐnjiāng Qū | 690,422 | 61 | 11,318 |
Qingyang District | 青羊区 | Qīngyáng Qū | 828,140 | 66 | 12,548 |
Jinniu District | 金牛区 | Jīnniú Qū | 1,200,776 | 108 | 11,118 |
Wuhou District (city seat) | 武侯区 | Wǔhóu Qū | 1,083,806 | 77 | 14,075 |
Chenghua District | 成华区 | Chénghuá Qū | 938,785 | 109 | 8,613 |
7 (suburban) districts | |||||
Longquanyi District | 龙泉驿区 | Lóngquányì Qū | 767,203 | 558 | 1,375 |
Qingbaijiang District | 青白江区 | Qīngbáijiāng Qū | 381,792 | 392 | 974 |
Xindu District | 新都区 | Xīndū Qū | 775,703 | 481 | 1,613 |
Wenjiang District | 温江区 | Wēnjiāng Qū | 457,070 | 277 | 1,650 |
Shuangliu District | 双流区 | Shuāngliú Qū | 1,158,516 | 1,067 | 1,086 |
Pidu District | 郫都区 | Pídū Qū | 756,047 | 438 | 1,726 |
Xinjin District | 新津区 | Xīnjīn Qū | 302,199 | 330 | 916 |
5 county-level cities | |||||
Dujiangyan | 都江堰市 | Dūjiāngyàn Shì | 657,996 | 1,208 | 545 |
Pengzhou | 彭州市 | Péngzhōu Shì | 762,887 | 1,420 | 537 |
Qionglai | 邛崃市 | Qiónglái Shì | 612,753 | 1,384 | 443 |
Chongzhou | 崇州市 | Chóngzhōu Shì | 661,120 | 1,090 | 607 |
Jianyang | 简阳市 | JiǎnYáng Shì | 1,045,900 | 2,214 | 472 |
3 counties | |||||
Jintang County | 金堂县 | Jīntáng Xiàn | 717,225 | 1,156 | 620 |
Dayi County | 大邑县 | Dàyì Xiàn | 502,198 | 1,327 | 378 |
Pujiang County | 蒲江县 | Pújiāng Xiàn | 239,562 | 583 | 411 |
Sichuan is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the Sichuan Basin and the easternmost part of the Tibetan Plateau between the Jinsha River on the west, the Daba Mountains in the north and the Yungui Plateau to the south. Sichuan's capital city is Chengdu. The population of Sichuan stands at 83 million. Sichuan neighbors are Qinghai to the northwest, Gansu to the north, Shaanxi to the northeast, Chongqing to the east, Guizhou to the southeast, Yunnan to the south, and the Tibet Autonomous Region to the west.
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