Changshou

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长寿
Changshou

Administration Type	Prefecture-level district
Area	1415 km²
Population	0.87 million in 2004
GDP	CNY8.8 billion in total amount in 2005
Major Nationalities	Han
Township-level divisions	18
Postalcode	401220
Area Code	023

Changshou (Simplified Chinese: 长寿; Traditional Chinese: 长寿; pinyin: Changshou) is one of districts in Chongqing, China, located by Yangtze river, with a history spanning several thousands years. Changshou is 80 km away from Yuzhong of Chongqing city.

Contents 1 Administration 2 History 3 Geographic condition 4 Weather condition 5 Transportation 6 Economy 7 Tourism 8 Sister city 9 Notes 10 External links

[edit] Administration

Changshou District administers 16 townships and 2 subdistricts, with a total area of 1415 [km²].

[edit] History

Changshou enjoys a history of 2300 years.

• In 316 BC, a Zhi county was establied here.
• In 226, it was renamed Jiangzhou county.
• In 519, it was renamed as Lewen county.
• In 1362, it was renamed as Changshou county.
• In 1959, Changshou county was put under the administration of Chongqing city.
• In 2002, Changshou city was changed into Changshou district, Chongjin, a county-level division of Chongqing.

[edit] Geographic condition

Changshou is located in 106°49’22” E-107°27’30”E of longitude and 29°43’ N-30°12’30”N of latitude. with 56.56 km wide from south to north, and 57.5 km long from east to west. The altitude in the area is between 154-1034.2m. ChangShou is classified as shallow hill area, sloops in the area are relatively smooth.

[edit] Weather condition

Its climate belongs to subtropic monsoon weather style,with a annual average temperature of 18.1℃, annual accumulated temperature of 6000°C, monthly average temperature of 6.7℃ in January, 28.4℃ in July,annual total rainfall of 1152.3mm, annual radiation of 1221 hours and frost-free period of 331days.

[edit] Transportation

Chongqing- Fuling Freeway and other two freeways are intersected in Changshou area. Chongqing- Wuanzhou Railway is under construction to provide transportation for businesses and tourists.

[edit] Economy

• In 2006, the total annual GDP was CNY 8.8 billion.

[edit] Tourism

Famous tourist attractions include Lake Changshou, which is a man-made lake of 60 km².

[edit] Sister city

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Government website of Changshou (in Simplified Chinese)

edit	County-level divisions of Chongqing
Districts: Yuzhong | Dadukou | Jiangbei | Shapingba | Jiulongpo | Nan'an Beibei | Wansheng | Shuangqiao | Yubei | Banan Fuling | Wanzhou | Qianjiang | Changshou Hechuan | Jiangjin | Nanchuan | Yongchuan Counties: Bishan | Chengkou | Dazu | Dianjiang | Fengdu | Fengjie | Kai | Liangping | Qijiang Rongchang | Tongliang | Tongnan | Wulong | Wushan | Wuxi | Yunyang | Zhong Autonomous counties: Pengshui | Shizhu | Xiushui | Youyang
	see also: Political divisions of China