Chongqing
geographical name
Chong·qing
ˈchu̇ŋ-ˈchiŋ
variants
or Ch'ung-ch'ing
or Chungking
municipality and river port in southwestern China on the upper Chang (Yangtze) River population 31,020,000
Note: Chongqing was the capital of China from 1937 to 1943.
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