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}} |official_name = |other_name = |settlement_type = District |image_skyline =Yanzgi River Shoreline at Wanzhou.jpg |imagesize = 250px |image_caption = Skyline of Wanzhou |image_map = Wanzhou.svg |map_caption = Wanzhou District in Chongqing |mapsize = 250px |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = People's Republic of China |subdivision_type1 = Municipality |subdivision_name1 = Chongqing |area_total_km2 = 3457 |population = |population_as_of = 2013 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_total = 1753500 |coordinates_region = CN-50 |coordinates_format = dms |latNS = N |latd = 30.807819 |latm = |lats = |longEW = E |longd = 108.408751 |longm = |longs = |blank_name = GDP |blank_info = 2013 |blank1_name = - Total |blank1_info = CNY 70.23 billion (US$ 11.46 billion) |blank2_name = - Per capita |blank2_info = CNY 43,197 (US$ 7,047) |blank4_name = Licence plate prefix |blank4_info = F |elevation_ft = |elevation_m = |timezone = China Standard |utc_offset = +8 |website = }} Wanzhou District () is a city on the upper reaches of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River in China. It is currently governed as a district of Chongqing Municipality, bordering Sichuan to the northwest and Hubei to the southeast. It was formerly known as Wanxian or Wan County (). Prior to Chongqing's formation as a direct-controlled municipality, Wanzhou was part of Sichuan province. The urban core of Wanzhou is away from Chongqing's city proper. "Wanzhou" literally means "myriad-prefecture", where "a myriad rivers converge and a myriad traders gather" (). Due to the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, 47% of Wanzhou's old urban area will be underwater by the time the reservoir is filled. Buildings in the submerged area have been torn down and new ones rebuilt on higher ground. ==History== The district was part of Wanxian Prefecture, then the prefectural Wanxian City. It was renamed to Wanzhou in late 1990s. It was part of Quren District of Ba Prefecture () in the Qin Dynasty. It became Yangqu District () in 216 (the Eastern Han Dynasty). In 230 (the Shu-Han Kingdom), it was renamed to Nanpu (); in 553 (the Western Wei Dynasty), to Yuquan (); in 557 (Northern Zhou Dynasty), to Anxiang (); in 584, to Wanchuan (); and in 598 (Sui Dynasty), to Nanchang again. It continued to be renamed and administrated with slight differences. In the 19th century, it was known in English as Wanhsien and Wan County In 1935, it became Wanxian ''Zhuanqu'' (). On December 12, 1992, the State Council abolished Wanxian Prefecture and its subordinate Wanxian City and created the prefecture-level Wanxian City, which administered the districts of Longbao (), Tiancheng (), Wuqiao () and the counties of Kai, Zhong, Liangping, Yunyang, Fengjie, Wushan, Wuxi, and Chengkou. The entire Wanxian City was merged into Chongqing on December 20, 1997. The merge necessitated the abolishment of Wanxian City and creation of Wanxian District and Wanxian Migration Development Area (). Wanxian City's three districts were converted to administrative committees (, abbreviated ) of Wanxian District. The migration development area included the counties formerly in Wanxian City, except Liangping and Chengkou, which were administered by Chongqing directly. On May 22, 1998, the State Council approved that the two areas named Wanxian were both renamed to Wanzhou. The migration development area later dissolved and its counties were directly controlled by Chongqing. On July 19, 2000, the district's administrative committees were changed to migration development areas. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wanzhou District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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