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Guang’an Municipality, A prefecture-level city under Sichuan Province , In Chinese [广安市]

Facts & Informations :

Administrative Division Code : 511600;
Post Code : 638500;
Phone Area Code :0826
The Prefix of Motor Vehicle License Plate : 川X
The Prefix of Citizen Identity Card Number: 511600
Area Coverage: 6344 square kilometers;
Population : 4,530,000 persons;
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Current Weather of Guang'an:
The adminitrative division form of Guang'an is Municipality, which is one of the four administrative divisional forms at the the second level of China local administrative division system .
Municipality is also referred to as a prefecture level city (地级市). Most of Chinese big cities belong to this variety.
A prefecture-level municipality is subject to the juridiction of a provincial government ,and directly controls some urban districts while overseeing some counties or smaller cities on behalf of the provincial government.
Thus it's normal to see a large City (a Municipality) have juridiction over some small cities in China.
Subdivisions Under the jurisdication of Guang’an Municipality
S/NFull NameIn Chinese In PinyinDivison type
1Guang’an District广安区Guang'an QuDistrict
2Huaying City华蓥市Huaying ShiCity
3Linshui County邻水县Linshui XianCounty
4Wusheng County武胜县Wusheng XianCounty
5Yuechi County岳池县Yuechi XianCounty
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Overview



Guang’an of Sichuan Province is the hometown of Mr.Deng Xiaoping, the chief architect of China's reform, opening and modernization drive. Thanks to the great achievements made by Chinese Reform and Opening Up, Guang’an becomes famous at home and abroad.



Guang’an blessed with beautiful natural scenery is a Holy Land of tourism resource development. Huaying Mountain with a reputation of “The world magnificent mountain” is a provincial level tourist attraction. Among the mountains, Baoding Mountain is one of the eight Buddhism Holy Lands of China. There is a saying from ancient times “Worship Omei Mountain in the west and Worship Baoding Mountain in the east.” The mountains alternate with gullies and there are millennium ancient plank roads built along the cliffs. The main attractions in Guang’an is Tianchi Lake, one of the three large mountainous lakes; omniform geological marvelous stone forests and grotesque and gaudy natural limestone caves. Within the boundary, the Jialing River and Qu River are winding interspersing with brooks and lakes. The beautiful Green Jade Lake of Yuechi County, vast Taiji Lake of Wusheng, the small gorges of Yulin, Dahong Lake of Qiandao and other natural landscape are all within Guang’an jurisdiction.

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