Fuling District
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Fuling 涪陵区 |
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| District | |
 Fuling District in Chongqing |
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| Coordinates: 29°42′11″N 107°23′21″E / 29.70306°N 107.38917°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Municipality | Chongqing |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,946 km2 (1,137 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 287 m (942 ft) |
| Population (2015) | 1,161,800 |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 涪陵 | ||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 涪陵 | ||||||||
| Postal | Fowling | ||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Fúlíng |
| Wade–Giles | Fu2-ling2 |
Fuling (simplified Chinese: 涪陵区; traditional Chinese: 涪陵區; pinyin: Fúlíng Qū) is a district in the geographical center of Chongqing Municipality, China. Its name means "Fu (River) mausoleum" because some rulers of the State of Ba were buried there.
Fuling's zha cai, a hot pickled mustard tuber, is its signature product.
Fuling is also the location of former U.S. Peace Corps teacher Peter Hessler's best-selling memoir River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze.
In the middle and late part of Spring and Autumn period, it was in the southern territory of the State of Ba. In the middle Warring States period, it was part of the State of Chu. It was called the County of Zhi (枳县) in 277 by the State of Qin. In 347 (during the Eastern Jin Dynasty), it became Commandery of Fu (涪郡), also known as Commandery of Zicheng (梓城郡). It became County of Fuling (县) in the Sui Dynasty. It was Fu Prefecture (州) in 618 (during the Tang Dynasty). From the Yuan to the Qing Dynasty, Fu Department was part of Chongqing Prefecture (). In the early years of the Republic of China, Fuling County was a part of Dongchuan Circuit (东川) until 1928 it became part of Sichuan province.
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