How many people migrated to the Three Gorges?

The Three Gorges Project on the Yangtze River under construction is the largest water conservancy project in the world and the one with the largest number of immigrants in the history of water conservancy in the world. The Three Gorges Project will inundate 20 counties (cities) in Hubei Province and Chongqing, with a population of 847,500 and houses of 34,73.150,000 square meters. There are two cities, 1 1 county, 1 16 market towns, a large number of industrial and mining enterprises, ports and docks and other infrastructure that need to be completely or partially rebuilt. By 2009, the final number of immigrants will reach1130,000.

1130,000 people