Liangping District (), formerly Liangping County () and Liangshan County (), is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

in the north of Chongqing

Municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. 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 A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal osci ...

-influenced humid subtropical climate (

Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer * Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan * Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author and ...

''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 da ...

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 on the Dazhou-Wanzhou railway and Liangping South railway station on the

Chongqing–Wanzhou intercity railway Chongqing–Wanzhou intercity railway is a High-speed rail in China, high speed railway between urban Chongqing and its satellite district of Wanzhou District, Wanzhou. It is also known at the Yu-Wan Railway, which are abbreviations for Chongq ...

References

External links

Official website of Liangping Government
Districts of Chongqing {{Chongqing-geo-stub