Wushan County () is a

county A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

located in

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. It occupies roughly and has a population of about 600,000. The county seat is located at the western entrance to the

Wu Gorge Wu Gorge (), sometimes called Great Gorge (), is the second gorge of the Three Gorges system on the Yangtze River, People's Republic of China. Formed by the Wu River, it stretches from Wushan to Guandukou, and is located downstream of Qutang ...

in the

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region. Wushan is famous for its Little Three Gorges () located on the nearby Daning River. The Wushan county seat is on the northern bank of the

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channel, which in the Gorges region was flooded after the construction of the

Three Gorges Dam The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, central China, downstream of the Three Gorges. The Three Gorges Dam has been the world ...

. The original town was abandoned and submerged under the rising waters, and the new town constructed on the hills above. The population of the town is something in excess of 100,000, and the main economic activity in the area is coal mining, almost all from very small mines in the surrounding mountains. Tourism also plays a role, although tourist activity is not as great as it was before the flooding of the Gorges in the first decade of the 21st century. The Little Three Gorges are no longer as deep or as spectacular as they once were. The county is served by

Chongqing Wushan Airport Chongqing Wushan Airport () , originally named Wushan Shennüfeng Airport () is an airport serving Wushan County of China's Chongqing Municipality. The airport is located at the border of Wushan and Fengjie counties, from the county seat, and m ...

which opened in August 2019. Mount Wushan is located east of the county. In the novel ''

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'', Dachang village was the origin of the virus' patient zero.

Administrative divisions

Two subdistricts: * Gaotang Subdistrict (), Longmen Subdistrict () Eleven towns: *

Miaoyu Miaoyu (, rendered Adamantina in the David Hawkes translation) is an important character in the 18th century novel ''Dream of the Red Chamber'', one of the classics of Chinese fiction. She is a young, beautiful but aloof Buddhist nun, compelled by ...

(), Dachang (),

Futian Futian District () is one of the nine districts comprising the city of Shenzhen, China. The district is home to the government and Municipal Committee of Shenzhen, as well as the city's central business district (CBD). Name There are two theor ...

(), Longxi (), Shuanglong (), Guanyang (), Luoping (), Baolong, ChongqingBaolong (), Guandu (),

Tonggu Tonggu County () is a county of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China, bordering Hunan province to the west. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrativ ...

(),

Wuxia ( ), which literally means "martial heroes", is a genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. Although is traditionally a form of historical fiction, its popularity has caused it to be adapted f ...

() Thirteen townships: * Hongchun Township (), Liangping Township (), Quchi Township (), Jianping Township (), Daxi Township (), Jinping Township (), Pinghe Township (), Dangyang Township (),

Zhuxian Township Zhu Xian or Zhuxian may refer to: Literature and media * ''Zhu Xian'' (novel), 2005 Chinese novel by Xiao Ding * ''Jade Dynasty'' (video game), video game adaptation * ''Jade Dynasty'' (film), 2019 film adaptation Places in China *Zhuxian, Henan, ...

(),

Sanxi Township Sanxi, may refer to the following places: Anhui *Sanxi, Jingde County Chongqing * Sanxi, Dianjiang County Guangdong * Sanxi, Lechang Hubei *Sanxi, Yangxin County Jiangxi *Sanxi Township, Nanfeng County Sanxi Township () is a township-level ad ...

(), Peishi Township (), Duping Township (), Dengjia Township ()

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County-level divisions of Chongqing {{Chongqing-geo-stub

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