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WANZHOU, CHONGQING
Valencia, 21st September 2006

In the conjunction of the upper reach and the middle reach of the Yangtze River and also in the heart of the Yangtse Gorges, with a istory of more than 1700 years, Wanzhou is the second largest city of Chongqing and one of the ten important ports along the river. Wanzhou covers 3457 square kilometers and has a population of approximately 1.7 million, while the coverage of downtown is 40 square kilometers with 565 thousand residents.

Traffic arteries include the ational expressway 318 going across the city, the navigable Yangtze River with inland port Wanzhou, the airport Wanzhou with flights to Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou as well as various railroad lines.
Tourism has long been a major industry and Wanzhou is an excellent place for a vacation. The Qinglong Waterfall with a width of 105 meters and a length of 64.5 meters is considered to be the largest in Asia. Wanzhou is a city worth
seeing, boasting culture highlights as well as leisure and sport facilities.
During September and October, the average temperature of Wanzhou is
between 23 degree and 26 degree centigrade. In September, after the third stage of the sluice of the Sanxia Dam, the depth of the river will reach 156 meters with the width of 4000 meters.

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