Chongli District
Chongli
崇礼区 | |
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Chongli Location in Hebei | |
Coordinates: 40°58′26″N 115°16′59″E / 40.974°N 115.283°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Hebei |
Prefecture-level city | Zhangjiakou |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
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Simplified Chinese | 崇礼区 | ||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 崇禮區 | ||||||||
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Chongli District (Chinese: 崇礼区; pinyin: Chónglǐ Qū; Mandarin pronunciation: [ʈʂʰʊ̌ŋ lì tɕʰý]) is a district of Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China. By road, it is 241 kilometres (150 mi) from Beijing.
2022 Olympics[]
Chongli will stage most of the skiing events during the 2022 Winter Olympics. The ski resort has earned over 1.54 billion yuan (237.77 million U.S. dollars) in tourism from the 2015-2016 snow season for a 31.6 percent growth over the previous season. In 2016 it was announced that Chongli has received 2.185 million tourists for an increase of 30 percent during the first snow season after the winning the Olympic bid. The snow season lasted for five months from November, during which Chongli has hosted 36 competitions and activities, such as Far East Cup and Children Skiing International Festival. A total of 23 skiing camps have also been set up, attracting the participation of 3,800 youths. All venue construction will start in November 2016 and will be finished by the end of 2020 to enable the city to hold test events.[1][needs update]
Administrative Divisions[]
Towns: (西湾子镇), (高家营镇)
Townships: Sitaizui Township (四台嘴乡), (红旗营乡), (石窑子乡), (驿马图乡), (石嘴子乡), (狮子沟乡), (清三营乡), (白旗乡)
References[]
- ^ gaiazhang. "Beijing 2022 Games Ski Venue Receives Over 2 Million Tourists". Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
- ^ "张家口市-行政区划网(区划地名网) www.xzqh.org".
External links[]
- County-level divisions of Hebei
- Zhangjiakou
- Hebei geography stubs