When was Chongqing established?

1June 997 18 Chongqing municipality was formally established.

The Historical Evolution of Chongqing

In the first year of Emperor Wendi (58 1), Yushui (formerly known as Jialing River) circled the city and changed Chuzhou to Yuzhou. This is the origin of Chongqing abbreviation. In the first year of Huizong Chongning in the Northern Song Dynasty (1 102), Yuzhou was changed to Duke Zhou. In the sixteenth year of the Song Dynasty (1 189), in the first month, Nanren was made King Gong, and in February, he was made Emperor by the Imperial Palace, calling himself "Celebrating the Double Festival" and changing the Duke of Zhou to Chongqing. Chongqing got its name from this, and it has been more than 800 years.

1363 Ming Yuzhen, the leader of the Red Scarf Army, founded the Summer in Chongqing at the end of Yuan Dynasty. 189 1 Chongqing is open to the outside world. 191165438+1On October 23rd, the League of Nations established the Shu military government in Chongqing. After the Revolution of 1911, 192 1 set up a commercial port in Chongqing, which was changed to the municipal office the following year. 1926, the municipal office was changed to the Chongqing Commercial Port Supervision Office, and the next year it was changed to the city hall.

1929, Liu Xiang changed the urban area of Baxian County to the city, and Chongqing was built from this, and the city hall was changed to the municipal government. After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the National Government moved from Nanjing to Chongqing, and in June 1937, Chongqing was designated as the "wartime capital". 1939 on may 5, the national government issued an order to upgrade Chongqing to a municipality directly under the central government. 1940 In September, Chongqing was designated as the "capital of the Republic of China" and became an international famous city in the world anti-fascist war.

1949165438+1October 30th, Chongqing was liberated and became the headquarters of the Southwest Military and Political Committee. 1March, 953, Chongqing was changed to a municipality directly under the central government. 1In July, 954, Chongqing was merged into Sichuan Province and changed to a municipality under the jurisdiction of Sichuan Province. From 65438 to 0983, Chongqing became the first pilot city of comprehensive urban system reform in China, and also a city with provincial economic management authority. In March of the same year, the former Yongchuan area of Sichuan Province was included in Chongqing.

1March, 997 14 The Fifth Session of the Eighth National People's Congress decided to merge Chongqing, Wanxian, Fuling and Qianjiang, which originally belonged to Sichuan Province, into a municipality directly under the central government, and Chongqing was officially listed on June 18 of the same year.

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Administrative divisions of Chongqing

Chongqing covers an area of 82,400 square kilometers and governs 38 administrative counties (autonomous counties), including 26 districts: Wanzhou, Qianjiang, Fuling, Yuzhong, dadukou district, Jiangbei, Shapingba, Jiulongpo, Nan 'an, Beibei, Yubei, Banan, Changshou, jiangjin district, Hechuan, Yongchuan and Nanchuan.

12 counties (autonomous counties): Chengkou County, Fengdu County, Dianjiang County, Zhongxian County, Yunyang County, fengjie county County, Wushan County, Wuxi County, Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County, Xiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County and Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County.

Chongqing is based on the main urban area, and all districts and counties (autonomous counties) are full of stars and moons, which constitutes a group-type, networked modern urban agglomeration that organically combines large, medium and small cities. It is a megacity with the largest administrative area, the largest population and the largest number of administrative units in China.

Chongqing Municipal People's Government-Historical Evolution