Chengdu: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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'''Chengdu''' ({{zh|c={{linktext|成|都}}}}; [[Sichuanese Mandarin|Sichuanese]]: Cen²du¹; [[pinyin]]: Chéngdū), [[Wade–Giles|formerly transliterated]] '''Chengtu''', is the capital of [[Sichuan]] [[provinces of China|province]] in [[Southwest China]]. It holds [[Sub-provincial city|sub-provincial administrative status]]. The municipality housed 14,047,625 inhabitants at the 2010 census, 7,123,697 within the 9 urban districts<ref>[[Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China|2010 census]]</ref> and '''68,730656,749468''' in the '''built up area''' made up of 7 out of 9all urban districts but [[Qingbaijiang]] plus [[Pi]] countyand [[Shianglu]] counties being urbanized.

Chengdu is one of the most important economic, transportation, and communication centers 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> In 2006, it was named China's 4th-most livable city by ''[[China Daily]]''.<ref>{{cite news

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The municipality iswas home forto 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 68,730656,749 million468 inhabitants and emcompasses 78 out of 9 urban districts (''all but [[Longquanyi District]] and [[Qingbaijiang District]] still separated of core built up area'') +plus [[Pi]] countyand being[[Shuangliu]] urbanizedcounties quickly'') being urbanized.

The total number of foreigners living in Chengdu (including people from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) was about 20,000 by the end of 2009.

<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/90872/6882671.html|title=Chengdu builds 1st "foreigner community" in western China|publisher=english.people.com.cn|accessdate=2013-04-22}}</ref>