Chongqing, un San Francisco construit en moins de 10 ans sur le Yang-Tsé !
Presently Chongqing is China's biggest municipality in terms of area and population. It covers an area of 82,000 square kilometers and administers 43 districts, cities and counties, i.e. Yuzhong District, Jiangbei District, Shapingba District, Jiulongpo District, Nanan District, Beibei District, Dadukou District, Ba'nan District, Yubei District, Wansheng District, Shuangqiao District, Jiangjin City, Yongchuan City, Hechuan City, Qijiang County, Changshou County, Tongnan County, Tongliang County, Bishan County, Dazu County, Rongchang County, Longbao District, Tiancheng District, Wuqiao District, Kaixian County, Liangping County, Zhongxian County, Yunyang County, Fengjie County, Wushan County, Wuxi County, Chengkou County, Zhicheng District, Lidu District, Nanchuan City, Dianjiang County, Fengdu County, Wulong County, Yuyang County, Xiushan County, Qianjiang County, Shizhu County, Pengshui County( The latter 5 are Tujia or Miao autonomous counties). In the city there are 1502 town and township offices and subdistrict offices. According to statistics by the end of 1996 the city's population is 30.2277 million, of which agricultural population is 24.4567million, representing 80.91% of the total. Non-agricultural population is 5.771 million. Population density is 367 people per square kilometer. Population of minority nationalities is about 1.7 million, representing 5.72% of the total. They mainly live in a compact community in the southeast area of Chongqing.
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