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Qionglai City

Qionglai
邛崃市
County-level city
Qionglai is located in Sichuan
Qionglai
Qionglai
Location in Sichuan
Coordinates: 30°24′22″N 103°27′32″E / 30.406°N 103.459°E / 30.406; 103.459Coordinates: 30°24′22″N 103°27′32″E / 30.406°N 103.459°E / 30.406; 103.459
Country People's Republic of China
Province Sichuan
Sub-provincial city Chengdu
Area
 • Total 1,384 km2 (534 sq mi)
Population (2010)
 • Total 612,753
 • Density 443/km2 (1,150/sq mi)
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code 6115XX
Chengdu district map

Qionglai (simplified Chinese: 邛崃; traditional Chinese: 邛崍; pinyin: Qiónglái) is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, People's Republic of China. It is located around 60 kilometres (37 mi) from downtown Chengdu. The city is located on the western edge of the Sichuan Basin and in the foothills of the Qionglai Mountains that bound the basin from the west, and is bordered by the prefecture-level city of Ya'an to the west.

There are many rivers around in Qionglai City,so it has abundant water power.South River,Zhuojiang River,Xiejiang River and Pujiang River flow through this city,and they are 217.15 kilometers long in total.The quantity of runoff of surface water may reach 991 million cubic meters,including 532.8 million cubic meters which can be made use of by humans. Underground water can reanch 106 million cubic meters.Surface and underground water create many opportunities to support agriculture and manufacture.


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