Zhong County or Zhongxian () is a
county
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of
Chongqing
Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a municipality in Southwest China. The official abbreviation of the city, "" (), was approved by the State Cou ...
Municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality ...
, China.
The
Shibaozhai Temple, which is endangered by the rising waters caused by the
Three Gorges Dam
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, is located there.
Zhong County has two
Yangtze River crossing
The Yangtze River power line crossings are overhead power lines that cross the Yangtze River in China. There are at least three power line crossings on the Yangtze River at Jiangyin, Nanjing, and Wuhu. The towers of the crossing in Jiangyin are a ...
s: the
Zhongxian Yangtze River Bridge and
Zhongzhou Yangtze River Bridge
The Zhongzhou Yangtze River Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge over the Yangtze River in Zhong County of Chongqing, China. Completed in 2009, the bridge carries traffic on the G50 Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway.
With a main span of , Zhongzhou ...
.
History
Linjiang County (临江县) was established under Ba Commandery (巴郡) in
Han Dynasty
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. In
Western Wei
Wei (), known in historiography as the Western Wei (), was an imperial dynasty of China that followed the disintegration of the Northern Wei. One of the Northern dynasties during the era of the Northern and Southern dynasties, it ruled the west ...
, Lin Prefecture (临州, Linzhou) was established, with Linjiang as its seat. In
Tang Dynasty
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, it was renamed as Zhong Prefecture (忠州, Zhongzhou, literally "loyal prefecture"). In 1913, Zhongzhou was replaced by Zhong County.
Climate
References
External links
Official website of Zhong County
County-level divisions of Chongqing
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