Liangping District (), formerly Liangping County () and Liangshan County (), is a
district
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in the north of
Chongqing
Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Romanization, alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality in Southwes ...
Municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
, People's Republic of China.
Sports
The
Liangping District National Fitness Centre Stadium
Liangping District (), formerly Liangping County () and Liangshan County (), is a District (People's Republic of China), district in the north of Chongqing municipality of China, Municipality, People's Republic of China.
Sports
The Liangping Distr ...
, which has a capacity of 20,937, is the largest venue by capacity in Liangping.
It opened in 2017.
Administrative divisions
Climate
Liangping has a
monsoon
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-influenced
humid subtropical climate
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(
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* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
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''Cwa''), with four distinct seasons and ample rainfall: winters are short, mild, and comparatively dry, while summers are long, hot, and humid. Monthly daily average temperatures range from in January to around in July and August, with August being slightly warmer. The
diurnal temperature variation
In meteorology, diurnal temperature variation is the variation between a high air temperature and a low temperature that occurs during the same day.
Temperature lag
Temperature lag is an important factor in diurnal temperature variation: peak d ...
is and is especially small during winter. Around 71% of the annual precipitation falls from May to September.
Transport
China National Highway 318
China National Highway 318 (G318) runs from Shanghai to Zhangmu on the China-Nepal border. It is the longest China National Highway at in length and runs west from Shanghai towards Zhejiang, Anhui, Hubei, Chongqing, Sichuan, and ends in Tibet Au ...
passes through Liangping. Liangping is served by
Liangping railway station
Liangping District (), formerly Liangping County () and Liangshan County (), is a district in the north of Chongqing Municipality, People's Republic of China.
Sports
The Liangping District National Fitness Centre Stadium, which has a capacity of 2 ...
on the
Dazhou-Wanzhou railway and
Liangping South railway station
Liangping South railway station () is a railway station in Liangping District, Chongqing, China. It is an intermediate stop on the Chongqing–Wanzhou intercity railway
Chongqing–Wanzhou intercity railway is a high speed railway between ...
on the
Chongqing–Wanzhou intercity railway
Chongqing–Wanzhou intercity railway is a high speed railway between urban Chongqing and its satellite district of Wanzhou. It is also known at the Yu-Wan Railway, which are abbreviations for Chongqing and Wanzhou. Construction started in De ...
.
References
External links
Official website of Liangping Government
Districts of Chongqing
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