What cities are there in Sichuan?

As of August 219, Sichuan Province now governs 18 prefecture-level cities and 3 autonomous prefectures, with 54 municipal districts, 18 county-level cities, 17 counties and 4 autonomous counties.

prefecture-level cities: Chengdu (the administrative level is sub-provincial), Zigong, Panzhihua, Luzhou, Deyang, Mianyang, Guangyuan, Suining, Neijiang, Leshan, Nanchong, Meishan, Yibin, Guang 'an, Dazhou, Ya 'an, Bazhong and ziyang.

autonomous prefectures: Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture.

Sichuan province covers an area of 486, square kilometers, ranking fifth in the country. The largest city (state) is Ganzi Prefecture, with an area of 153, square kilometers; The smallest is Zigong City, which is 4, square kilometers. Ganzi, Aba and Liangshan have a total area of 297, square kilometers, accounting for 61% of the province.

overview of some cities

1. Chengdu: the provincial capital of Sichuan, a sub-provincial city and a national historical and cultural city. It is also the "science and technology center, business center, financial center, transportation and communication hub" and an important central city in Southwest China, which is determined by the State Council's planning.

located in the central part of Chengdu Plain, it is the experimental zone for comprehensive reform of urban and rural areas, and it is the intersection of chengdu-chongqing railway, baoji-chengdu railway, chengdu-kunming railway and Dacheng Railway. Chengdu's industry is dominated by electronics, food, machinery, light industry and military industry; Shu embroidery, Shu brocade and lacquerware are famous local handicrafts. Chengdu is famous for its leisure.

2. Mianyang City: an important national defense scientific research and electronic industry production base, won the United Nations Best Model Award for improving the living environment, and is the only "Science and Technology City" approved for construction in China. China's nuclear weapons research base, China Academy of Engineering Physics, is located in the city.

3. Zigong is a national historical and cultural city, a regional central city in southern Sichuan and a national high-tech development zone. Known as the "Millennium Salt Capital" for its abundant well salt.

an old industrial town, mainly engaged in chemicals, machinery, textiles and new materials. It is a world geological park assessed by the United Nations, which has preserved the most abundant and complete dinosaur fossils and geological relics in the world. It is a veritable "Jurassic Park" and "the hometown of dinosaurs". It is also known as the "Southern Lantern City" because of its famous lantern festival at home and abroad.

4. Panzhihua City: an important industrial town, located near the confluence of Yalong River and Yangtze River, with abundant iron ore reserves, is the most important steel production base in southwest China, known as the "Southwest Steel Capital" and "Vanadium and Titanium Capital", with other industries such as chemical industry and machinery.

5. Luzhou City: a national historical and cultural city, a regional central city in southern Sichuan, has been known as "Tieda Luzhou" and "Southwest Meeting" since ancient times, and is located at the intersection of the Yangtze River and Tuojiang River. "LU ZHOU LAO JIAO CO.,LTD" and "Langjiu" are famous liquor brands in China, and Luzhou has a large-scale natural gas field. Luzhou is also a major shipping port in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, a major aviation port in Sichuan and a railway transportation hub in Sichuan, and is known as "China Wine City".

6. Leshan City: a national historical and cultural city, located at the intersection of Minjiang River and Dadu River. Leshan Giant Buddha is the largest Buddha statue in the world. Rich in coal and iron minerals, there are machinery, coal mining, hydropower, textile and other industries.

7. Neijiang City: It lives on the bank of Tuojiang River and is the transportation hub of Chengdu, Chongqing and neijiang-kunming railway. Before the 199s, it was the sugar industry center of Sichuan Province, known as the "sweet city". Now the metallurgical and mechanical industries are relatively developed.

8. Deyang: Located in the middle of Chengdu and Mianyang, it is a famous historical and cultural city with Sanxingdui culture, Confucius culture and Three Kingdoms culture. At the same time, it is the "Tianfu Granary" and the "Reloading Capital of China", with developed heavy industry.

9. Ya 'an City: It has a history of more than 2, years. The Republic of China and the People's Republic of China were the capital of Xikang Province in the early days and merged into Sichuan Province in 1954. Ya 'an, located in the Dadu River basin, is rich in water resources, and is famous for its "three elegance" of elegant fish, elegant rain and elegant women.

1. Nanchong: an important regional central city in the northeast of Sichuan, an excellent tourist city in China, and the only Chinese silk capital in the west. Located in the middle reaches of Jialing River, at the intersection of lanzhou-chongqing railway and Dacheng Railway, it is a land, sea and air transportation hub, commercial and logistics base and economic and financial center in northeast Sichuan. The pillar industries are agriculture, petrochemical industry, auto parts, textiles and food processing. It is famous for its oil, cocoon, silk industry, agriculture and bristle export.

11. Guang 'an: A new city, living by the canal river, is the hometown of Deng Xiaoping, the pioneer and founder of China's reform and opening up, modern economic theory and one country, two systems, with industries such as coal mining, natural gas and coal-fired electricity.

12. Yibin City: Located at the confluence of Jinsha River and Minjiang River, Yibin is also called "the first city of the Yangtze River" because Jinsha River is called "the Yangtze River" from the east of Yibin. Yibin is an important liquor brewing center in Sichuan, known as the "wine capital", and the famous liquor "Wuliangye" is located in Yibin.

13. Xichang City (county level): the capital of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, and xichang satellite launch center is one of the three major satellite launch bases in China. Xichang is known as the "space city" of China.

14、? Suining City: Located in the middle of Sichuan Basin, it is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Sichuan Province in China. It borders Nanchong in the east, Deyang in the west, Chongqing and Ziyang in the south and Mianyang in the north, covering an area of 5,323.85 square kilometers. It is the famous hometown of Guanyin culture in China.

It has successively won the title of "Global Green City" of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, China Seven-Star City for Urban Charity, National Ecological Demonstration Zone, Hometown of Quyi, Hometown of Poetry and Wine and Hometown of Calligraphy.

15. ziyang is an important pork and peanut producing area with developed agriculture.

Extended information:

Location

Sichuan Province is located in the southwest hinterland of China, between 97 21' ~ 18 33' east longitude and 26 3' ~ 34 19' north latitude, in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, with an area of 486, square kilometers, ranking fifth in China, with a length of 1,75 kilometers from east to west.

It borders seven provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), Shaanxi, Gansu and Qinghai in the north, Yunnan and Guizhou in the south, Chongqing in the east and Tibet in the west. It is an important intersection and transportation corridor that undertakes South China and Central China, connects Southwest China and Northwest China, and communicates with Central Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Population

In p>219, there were 894, people born in Sichuan Province, with a birth rate of 1.7 ‰; The death population was 593,, with a population mortality rate of 7.9 ‰; The natural population growth rate is 3.61‰. At the end of the year, the resident population was 83.75 million, an increase of 34, over the end of last year, including 45.49 million urban residents and 38.71 million rural residents.

the urbanization rate of permanent residents was 53.79%, 1.5 percentage points higher than the end of last year. ?

ethnic groups

Sichuan province is a multi-ethnic settlement with 56 ethnic groups. Han, Yi, Tibetan, Qiang, Miao, Tujia, Lisu, Naxi, Buyi, Bai, Zhuang and Dai are the ethnic groups living in the province.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Sichuan.