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The USGS provided a map of Asia in May 2008, which showed a total of 122 earthquakes occurring on the continent. The large red square near the center of the map depicts the 7.9 magnitude Chengdu quake in the Sichuan province. A USGS map shows that dozens of aftershocks occurred in a small region following the quake.
Chengdu. (2020 census) [3] "Chengdu" in Chinese characters. Chengdu [a] is the capital city of the Chinese province of Sichuan. With a population of 20,937,757 at the 2020 census, [6] it is the fourth most populous city in China, and it is the only city with a population of over 20 million apart from direct-administered municipalities.
Jinsha ( Chinese: 金沙; pinyin: Jīnshā) is a Chinese archaeological site located in the Qingyang District of Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan Province. Along with Sanxingdui, the site is the first major discovery in China during the 21st century. [1] It is listed on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Tentative List and Major Sites ...
Chongqing is the largest of the four direct-controlled municipalities of the People's Republic of China. The municipality is divided into 38 subdivisions (3 were abolished in 1997, and Wansheng and Shuangqiao districts were abolished in October 2011 [75] ), consisting of 26 districts, 8 counties, and 4 autonomous counties.
Shangdu ( Chinese: 上 都; pinyin: Shàngdū; pronounced [ʂâŋtú]; lit. 'Upper Capital'; Mongolian: ᠱᠠᠩᠳᠤ, Mongolian Cyrillic: Шанду, romanized : Šandu ), more popularly known as Xanadu ( / ˈzænəduː / ZAN-ə-doo ), was the summer capital [1] [2] of the Yuan dynasty of China before Kublai moved his throne to the former ...
Fengdu Ghost City ( simplified Chinese: 丰都鬼城; traditional Chinese: 豐都鬼城 (traditional form of the revised name); pinyin: Fēngdū Guǐ Chéng, originally 酆都鬼城 [1]) is a large complex of shrines, temples and monasteries dedicated to the afterlife located on the Ming mountain, [2] in Fengdu County, Chongqing municipality ...
People's Park (Chinese: 人民公园; pinyin: Rénmín Gōngyuán) is an urban public park in central Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, China. Built in 1911 as Shaocheng Park (少城公园), it is the first public park in the city. The Railway Protection Movement Monument in the park is designated a Major Historical and Cultural Site of China.
The Chengdu Plain (Chinese: 成都平原; pinyin: Chéngdū Píngyuán), referred to in Sichuanese as Western Sichuan Plain (Chinese: 川西坝子; Sichuanese Pinyin: Cuan 1 xi 1 Ba 4 zi 3), is an alluvial plain located in the western part of the Sichuan Basin in southwestern China. Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, is located at the center of it.