Wulong (Chongqing)

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武隆 区
Wulong
Wulong (China)
Wulong
Wulong
Coordinates 29 ° 23 '  N , 107 ° 42'  E Coordinates: 29 ° 23 '  N , 107 ° 42'  E
Location of Wulong within ChongqingLocation of Wulong within Chongqing
Basic data
Country People's Republic of China

Government immediate city

Chongqing
surface 2872 km²
Residents 351,038 (2010)
density 122.2  Ew. / km²
Karst landscape in Wulong
Karst landscape in Wulong

Wulong ( Chinese  武隆 区 , Pinyin Wǔlóng Qū ) is a Chinese municipality in the government direct city ​​of Chongqing . It has an area of ​​2,901.3 km². The district was created in 2016 from the former Wulong district of the same name. In censuses in 2000 and 2010, Wulong had 397,697 and 351,038 residents, respectively.

The karst landscape of Wulong has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the karst landscapes in southern China since 2007 .

Web links

Commons : Wulong  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. Data from Chongqing Statistics at Geohive