Changshou District

Changshou

长寿区
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District
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	Changshou District in Chongqing
Country	People's Republic of China
Municipality	Chongqing
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Changshou (simplified Chinese: 长寿区; traditional Chinese: 長壽區; pinyin: Chángshòu Qū) is a district in Chongqing, China, located by the Yangtze river, with a history spanning several thousand years. Changshou is 80 km (50 mi) from the Yuzhong District of downtown Chongqing.

Administrative divisions[]

Changshou District administers 14 townships and 4 subdistricts,^[1] with a total area of 1,415 km² (546 sq mi).

Name	Chinese (S)	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2010)^[2]	Area (km²)
	凤城街道	Fèngchéng Jiēdào	175,576	72.7
	晏家街道	Yànjiā Jiēdào	72,825	95
	江南街道	Jiāngnán Jiēdào	21,509	68.8
	渡舟街道	Dùzhōu Jiēdào	51,888	114
	八颗街道	Bākē Jiēdào	36,698	99.25
	新市街道	Xīnshì Jiēdào	21,578	37
Linfeng town	邻封镇	Línfēng Zhèn	23,868	55
town	但渡镇	Dàndù Zhèn	14,497	57
Yunji town	云集镇	Yúnjí Zhèn	27,564	115.32
town	长寿湖镇	Chángshòuhú Zhèn	37,839	104.53
Shuanglong town	双龙镇	Shuānglóng Zhèn	29,213	57
Longhe town	龙河镇	Lónghé Zhèn	35,561	89.9
town	石堰镇	Shíyàn Zhèn	48,193	101.78
Yuntai town	云台镇	Yúntái Zhèn	40,328	87.32
Haitang town	海棠镇	Hǎitáng Zhèn	24,252	46
Gelan town	葛兰镇	Gélán Zhèn	55,938	47.5
Honghu town	洪湖镇	Hónghú Zhèn	30,426	103.65
town	万顺镇	Wànshùn Zhèn	22,256	57

History[]

Changshou has a history of 2300 years.

In 316 BC, a Zhi county was established.
In 226 AD, 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.

Population[]

Until the end of 2013, there are 369321 households, the total population is 906732. Among them, the non-agriculture population is 310531, agriculture population is 596201.^[3]

Geography[]

Changshou is located in 106°49’22” E – 107°27’30”E of longitude and 29°43’ N – 30°12’30”N of latitude, and is 56.56 km (35.14 mi) wide from south to north, and 57.5 km (35.7 mi) long from east to west. The altitude in the area is between 154 to 1,034.2 m (505 to 3,393 ft)^{[citation needed]}. Changshou is classified as shallow hill area, slopes in the area are relatively smooth.

Climate[]

Its climate belongs to subtropic monsoon weather style, with an annual average temperature of 18.1 °C (64.6 °F), annual accumulated temperature of 6000 °C, monthly average temperature of 6.7 °C (44.1 °F) in January, 28.4 °C (83.1 °F) in July, annual total rainfall of 1,152.3 mm (45.37 in), annual sunshine duration of 1221 hours and frost-free period of 331 days.

Transportation[]

Chongqing- Fuling Freeway and other two freeways are intersected in Changshou area. Chongqing- Wanzhou Railway is under construction to provide transportation for businesses and tourists. Changshou has two Yangtze River crossings, a road and a railway bridge.

Changshou District is 50 kilometers away from Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport.^{[citation needed]}

Economy[]

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

Tourism[]

Famous tourist attractions include Lake Changshou, which is a man-made lake of 60 km² (23 sq mi); Changshou Ancient Town; Puti Mountain and Dongling Temple.

Mount Puti is a tourist attraction in the district.

Special Local Product[]

Changshou Grapefruit
Changshou Rice Noodle
Blood Tofu

Sister city[]

Notes[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2014-01-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ shi, Guo wu yuan ren kou pu cha ban gong; council, Guo jia tong ji ju ren kou he jiu ye tong ji si bian = Tabulation on the 2010 population census of the people's republic of China by township / compiled by Population census office under the state; population, Department of; statistics, employment statistics national bureau of (2012). Zhongguo 2010 nian ren kou pu cha fen xiang, zhen, jie dao zi liao (Di 1 ban. ed.). Beijing Shi: Zhongguo tong ji chu ban she. ISBN 978-7-5037-6660-2.
^ http://cs.cq.gov.cn/zjcs/12/

External links[]

Government website of Changshou (in Simplified Chinese)

Coordinates: 29°57′48″N 107°06′47″E / 29.9633°N 107.113°E / 29.9633; 107.113

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2014-01-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] shi, Guo wu yuan ren kou pu cha ban gong; council, Guo jia tong ji ju ren kou he jiu ye tong ji si bian = Tabulation on the 2010 population census of the people's republic of China by township / compiled by Population census office under the state; population, Department of; statistics, employment statistics national bureau of (2012). Zhongguo 2010 nian ren kou pu cha fen xiang, zhen, jie dao zi liao (Di 1 ban. ed.). Beijing Shi: Zhongguo tong ji chu ban she. ISBN 978-7-5037-6660-2.

[3] ttp://cs.cq.gov.cn/zjcs/12/

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