In which year was Chongqing municipality established?

Chongqing municipality was founded in 1997, and Chongqing is the only municipality directly under the central and western regions of China. In the early days of the founding of New China, Chongqing was a municipality directly under the central government, the residence of the Southwest Bureau of the Central Committee, the Southwest Military and Political Committee and the political, economic and cultural center of the southwest region. 1954, Southwest China was revoked and changed to a municipality under the jurisdiction of Sichuan Province.

1983 became the first pilot city for comprehensive reform of the economic system in China, with separate plans. In order to promote the economic and social development of the western region and the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and to plan and implement one million Three Gorges migrants in a unified way, the Fifth Session of the Eighth National People's Congress approved the establishment of Chongqing municipality from March 65438 to March 0997.

Physical geography of Chongqing.

There are Daba Mountain in the north, Wushan Mountain in the east, Wuling Mountain in the southeast and Dalou Mountain in the south of Chongqing. The elevation of the main urban area of Chongqing is mostly between 168 ~ 400 meters. The highest peak in the city is Yintiaoling, the main peak of Liang Jie on the eastern edge of Wuxi County, with an altitude of 2796.8 meters; The lowest is the Yangtze River in Wushan County, with an altitude of 73. 1 meter. The height difference in Chongqing is 2723.7 meters. The territory of high mountains and deep valleys, ravines. Mountain areas account for 76%, hills account for 22%, and valley flat dams only account for 2%.

Among them, the area below 500 meters above sea level is 3 1.8 thousand square kilometers, accounting for 38.1%of the national territory; 20,900 square kilometers at an altitude of 500-800 meters, accounting for 25.46438+0% of the land area; 16800 square kilometers at an altitude of 800 ~ 1200m, accounting for 20.42% of the national territory; Above sea level1.200m1.280km2, accounting for 15.56% of the national territory.

Refer to the above? Chongqing Municipal Government-A Brief Introduction to Chongqing