| Shapingba District | |
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| — District — | |
| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| • Chinese | 沙坪坝区 |
| • Pinyin | Shāpíngbà Qū |
| The skyline of Shapingba. | |
| Shapingba District in Chongqing | |
| Country | China |
| Region | Chongqing |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Website | http://spb.cq.cqedu.net/ |
Shapingba (simplified Chinese: 沙坪坝; traditional Chinese: 沙坪壩; pinyin: Shāpíngbà Qū; Vietnamese: Sa Bình Bá) is a district of Chongqing, People's Republic of China, it was once known as Shaci Qu (simplified Chinese: 沙磁区; traditional Chinese: 沙磁區; pinyin: Shācí Qù) during the Sino-Japanese War. It is one of the most important parts of Chongqing, which covered around 396 square kilometers, 13 Jiedao, 11 towns,and it's also a famous sci-edu-culture district. Shapingba is one of the most densely populated areas in Chongqing, with a population around one million.
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Shapingba belonges to the city's main districts. Its border on Jiulongpo (south), Bishan (west) and Beibei (north), and the district itself is on the west bank of Jialing River.
Before Shapingba District had become a part of Chongqing, it belonged to Baxian(Now Banan District). In the early 1930s, Shapingba District belonged to Baxian First District, the government located at the Ciqikou (Longyin Town), the famous ancient town. During the period of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Chiang Kai-shek’s government had moved to Chongqing, a great number of schools, factories and medical institutions settled in Shapingba. From then on Shapingba turned a place full of talent. On February 6, 1938, the Chongqing University, the Sichuan College of Education, the Chongqing Nankai Middle School, the Chongqing Electrical Steel Works and several institutions which settled at Shapingba from Beijing, Shanghai or Nanjing such as the National Central University, the China Radio International, and the Academia Sinica, also the business and the financial together set the Chongqing Shaci Cultural District.
Shapingba District is famous for its educational and technical environments. It is also known as the cultural center of Chongqing. There are 7 colleges and unverisities included Chongqing University and Southwest University of Political Science and Law, over 60 research institutes, as well as 173 primary and secondary school. in addition, Chongqing College City has been under way since 2003.
Note: Institutions without full-time bachelor programs are not listed.
The industry of Shapingba mainly consists with motorcycle and car manufacture, electrical equipments, biologic-chemical industry and tertiary occupation. The state owned corporations include Jialing Group, Southwest Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd and Chongqing Pesticide Chemical Group, while private owned corporations include Chongqing HuiLi Ltd [1], Lifan Group, Yuan Group and Huayang Group.
Shapingba has a number of tourist attractions, monuments of Anti-Japanese War and Red Crag spirit. The Gele Shan several hundred years old town of Ciqikou and Lin's Garden are the most famous places among Shapingba's attractions. Sanxia Guangchang, the center of Shapingba was completed on November 8, 2003, served the citizens with its shopping, entertainment and leisure functions.
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