Fuling District

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Fuling District (涪陵; Bồi Lăng) is a district of Chongqing Municipality, People's Republic of China. The place name means "Fu (River) Cemetery" because some rulers of the State of Ba were originally buried there.

Fuling is well known in China as the home of "The Hot Pickled Mustard Tuber(榨菜)", made from a large, radish-like vegetable indigenous to the area. It is also the location of former U.S. Peace Corps teacher Peter Hessler's best-selling memoir "River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze".

* Area: 2941.47 km²
* Population: 1,087,139 (2000s)
* Geographic coordinates: 106°56' - 107°43' East, 29°21' - 30°01' North

History

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 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 (府).

In the early years of the Republic of China, Fuling County was part of Dongchuan Circuit (东川) until 1928 it became part of Sichuan Province.

In January 1950, Fuling "Zhuanqu" of Chuandong include the seven counties of:
* Fuling
* Nanchuan (南川)
* Fengdu (丰都)
* Shizhu (石柱)
* Wulong (武隆)
* Pengshui (彭水)
* Changshou (长寿)

In September 1952, Youyang "Zhuanqu" was abolished, and its counties of Qianjiang(黔江), Youyang (酉阳), and Xiushan (秀山) were incorporated into Fuling "Zhuanqu". The following year, Dianjiang(垫江) County was also assigned to Fuling. Fuling's Changshou became under Chongqing City in 1958. The "zhuanqu" was made a prefecture in 1968.

Fuling County was upgraded to a county-level city in 1983. The prefecture became a Three Gorges provincial planning region (三峡省筹备区域) the following year. In 1988, the counties of Qianjiang, Youyang, Shizhu, Xiushan, and Pengshui were separated into new prefecture of their own (Qianjiang Prefecture).

On November 5, 1995, Fuling Prefecture and the original county-level city were abolished. In the replace of the prefecture was the prefectural Fuling City, administer the 3 counties of Dianjiang, Wulong (武隆), and Fengdu, and Nanchuan City. It also includes the newly established districts of Zhicheng and Lidu (枳城、李渡).

The city was administered by Chongqing since September 1996 on behalf of the province, and became part of Chongqing Municipality the following year. In June 1998, Fuling city and its two districts were abolished. The districts became Fuling District. The remaining subdivisions of the Fuling City persisted, but were directly governed by Chongqing.

Subdivisions

There are 5 sub-districts, 18 towns, and 14 townships. They in turn contain 719 administrative villages and 80 neighborhood committees (see Political divisions of China#Levels).

References

External links

* [http://www.fl.cq.cn Official site] (in Simplified Chinese)
** [http://www.fl.cq.cn/index/jrfl/jrfl-3.htm Map]
* [http://www.21food.com/showroom/6366/productlist/s-p1.html Hot Pickled Mustard Tuber]
* [http://www.bookbrowse.com/reviews/index.cfm?book_number=730 Reviews and excerpts of "River Town" by Peter Hessler]