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Wushan County () is a 
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 which opened in August 2019.
Mount Wushan is located east of the county.
In the novel '' World War Z'', Dachang village was the origin of the virus' patient zero.
county
A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...
located in Chongqing
ChongqingPostal Romanization, Previously romanized as Chungking ();. is a direct-administered municipality in Southwestern China. Chongqing is one of the four direct-administered municipalities under the State Council of the People's Republi ...
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 in the Three Gorges
The Three Gorges () are three adjacent and sequential gorges along the middle reaches of the Yangtze River path, in the hinterland of the People's Republic of China. With a subtropical monsoon climate, they are known for their scenery.
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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 Yangtze River channel, which in the Gorges region was flooded after the construction of the Three Gorges Dam. 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 which opened in August 2019.
Mount Wushan is located east of the county.
In the novel '' World War Z'', Dachang village was the origin of the virus' patient zero.
Administrative divisions
Two subdistricts: * Gaotang Subdistrict (), Longmen Subdistrict () Eleven towns: * Miaoyu (), Dachang (), Futian (), Longxi (), Shuanglong (), Guanyang (), Luoping (), Baolong, ChongqingBaolong (), Guandu (), Tonggu (), Wuxia () Thirteen townships: * Hongchun Township (), Liangping Township (), Quchi Township (), Jianping Township (), Daxi Township (), Jinping Township (), Pinghe Township (), Dangyang Township (), Zhuxian Township (), Sanxi Township (), Peishi Township (), Duping Township (), Dengjia Township ()Climate
See also
* Wushan ManReferences
County-level divisions of Chongqing {{Chongqing-geo-stub