Nanchong
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[edit] Overview
Nanchong is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of Sichuan Province of the People's Republic of China, with an area of 12,479 kilometers[2]. and the home to 7,300,000 people. It has the second most populated area and suggested to be one of the eight largest cities of Sichuan Province. The administrative center is Shunqing district.--from wikipedia.org
[edit] History
Nanchong was in the territory of the state of Ba before it was conquested by the Qin dynasty in 314 BC. The Qin set up a government at Langzhong city. Anhan city was established in Shunqinq district at the beginning of the Han Dynasty.
The name of Anhan city was changed to Guozhou (fruit city) in 621 AD (Tang dynasty), and then to Nanchong in 742 AD. --from wikipedia.org
[edit] Weather
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[edit] Map
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[edit] Getting in & Getting out
[edit] By Air
Old Nanchong airport was built in the 1950s and closed in 2003, The new Nanchong Gaoping Airport which has capacity to land bigger planes, provides regular air services to Beijing and Guangzhou.
[edit] By Train
The Da-cheng Railway which crosses Nanchong links Chengdu and Dazhou. Another proposed railway, Lan-Yu raiway, links Lanzhou in Gansu Province and Chongqing city will make Nanchong a railway hub in northeast Sichuan province. The Nan-Chong railway station provides passenger and cargo services to several regional and national enconomic centres such as Chengdu, Shanghai, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Shenzhen, and Dongguan. --from wikipedia.org
[edit] By Bus
[edit] By Ship
Nanchong is suggested as an tradition shipping hub in acient time, ships from Gansu could reach Chongqing through Jialing river, but the river is not suitable for modern shipping.
