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At present, Chongqing is the biggest municipality in terms of area and population in China. This beautiful mountain city is located at the juncture of the Yangtze River and Jialing River in the southeast of China's Sichuan Basin, between 105o 17'-110o 1' east longitude and 28o 0'-32o 3' north latitude. It is 470 kilometers from east to west and 450 kilometers from north to south, neighboring Hubei and Hunan provinces in the east, Guizhou province in the south, Sichuan province in the west and Shanxi province in the north. The whole terrain slopes down to the Yangtze River valley from south to north, and is therefore quite undulating. In the northwest and central parts are mainly hills. In the southeast are Dabashan and Wulingshan mountains. Because the city is just erected in the mountains, Chongqing is called "mountain city". There are about 80 rivers flowing through Chongqing. The major rivers are the Yangtze River, Jialing River, Wujiang River, Fujiang River, Qijiang River and Daninghe River.
(china.org.cn)
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