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Line 80: |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 =2129 |area_metro_km2 =1617 |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = Line 98: |population_density_km2 =auto <!--For automatic calculation, any density field may contain: auto --> |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro =6,730,749 |population_density_metro_km2 =auto |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban =7,123,697 Line 149: '''Chéngdū''' ({{zh|c={{linktext|成|都}}}}), [[Wade–Giles|formerly transliterated]] as '''Chengtu''', is the capital of [[Sichuan]] [[provinces of China|province]], of [[Southwest China]], maintaining [[Sub-provincial city|sub-provincial administrative status]]. Chengdu is also one of the most important economic centres, transportation and communication hubs in [[Western China]]. According to the 2007 Public Appraisal for Best [[Chinese Cities]] for Investment, Chengdu was chosen as one of the top ten cities to invest in out of a total of 280 urban centers in China.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/index.php/2007/07/08/chengdus-june-news/ |title=Chengdu's June News |publisher=All Roads Lead To China |date=2007-07-08 |accessdate=2011-03-15}}</ref> The municipality is home for 14,047,625 inhabitants at the 2010 census More than four thousand years ago, the prehistorical [[Bronze Age]] culture of [[Jinsha (archaeological site)|''Jīnshā'']] ({{linktext|金|沙}}) established itself in this region. The fertile [[Chengdu Plain]], on which Chengdu is located, is also known as "{{linktext|天|府|之|国}}" (''Tiānfǔzhi Guó''), which literally means "the country of heaven", or more often seen translated as "the Land of Abundance". It was recently named China's 4th-most livable city by ''[[China Daily]]''.<ref>{{cite news Line 166 ⟶ 168: * The City of [[Hibiscus]]: Róngchéng, {{linktext|蓉|城}} In the [[Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period]] (907-960), Mengchang, the king of the [[Later Shu]] Kingdom, ordered the planting of hibiscus on the [[Defensive wall|fortress wall]] surrounding the city. After this, Chengdu started being called the City of Hibiscus. Nowadays, the hibiscus is still the city flower of Chengdu, but the last city wall was torn down in the 1960s, along with the Royal Palace situated in the middle of the city, where the statue of [[Mao Zedong]] now stands. ▲The municipality is home for 14,047,625 inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 7,123,697 are urban. The built up area is more than 7,5 million inhabitants. ==History== Line 197 ⟶ 198: On May 12, 2008, a [[2008 Sichuan earthquake|magnitude 8.0 earthquake]] struck causing damage to the area, killing about 80,000 people and injuring 26,413 as of May 12, 2008. 4,021 of the casualties and most of the property damage were from Dujiangyan and Pengzhou, two cities within the administration of Chengdu, the sub-provincial city. Chengdu did not suffer any discernible damage.<ref name="data">{{cite news|url=http://news.sina.com.cn/pc/2008-05-13/326/651.html|date=2008-05-24|accessdate=2008-05-24|title=Casualties in Wenchuan Earthquake|publisher=[[Sina.com]]|language=Chinese}}</ref> The reason why many people died in the surrounding areas had to do with poor construction. Though only 75 kilometers (48 miles) from the epicenter, Chengdu itself was built to earthquake specification, and most buildings there remained intact. ==Démography== ==Administrative divisions==▼ The municipality is home for 14,047,625 inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 7,123,697 in the city considerered as urban. The '''built up area is home to 6,730,749 million inhabitants''' and emcompasses 7 out of 9 urban districts (''all but [[Longquany]] and [[Gingbaijiang]] still separated of core built up area + Pi county being urbanized quickly'') {{Historical populations |type=China Line 214 ⟶ 217: |}} ▲==Administrative divisions== Chengdu is a [[sub-provincial city]]. It has direct jurisdiction over 9 [[District of China|districts]] (区 ''qu''), 4 [[county-level city|county-level cities]] (市 ''shi'') and 6 [[County (People's Republic of China)|counties]] (县''xian'') : | |||