Qionglai
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County-level city
A county-level city is a county-level administrative division of mainland China. County-level cities are usually governed by prefecture-level divisions, but a few are governed directly by province-level divisions....
in the west of Sichuan
Sichuan
' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...
Province, China. It is located around 60 kilometres (37.3 mi) from and under the administration of Chengdu
Chengdu
Chengdu , formerly transliterated Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. It holds sub-provincial administrative status...
City, the provincial capital. The city is located on the western edge of the Sichuan Basin
Sichuan basin
The Sichuan Basin is a lowland region in southwestern China. Despite its historical name, it is not only synonymous to Sichuan province, comprising its central and eastern portions as well as part of Chongqing Municipality...
and in the foothills of the Qionglai Mountains
Qionglai Mountains
Qionglai Mountains is a mountain range in the Sichuan Province of China. It runs in the general north-south direction, and is located mostly within the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, in the north-central part of the province....
that bound the basin from the west.
Qionglai is also near P'ing-lo Town to West, Pujiang County and Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport is a major airport serving Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan Province, China. It is located in the north of Shuangliu County, about southwest of downtown Chengdu....
that maintaining connection traffic route and if going from Chengdu to Datang Town there are bus services interchangeable in Qionglai Highway gates then can go to the countryside Bus but Bus are normally off services for evening time. It also has Taxi outbound call to Country at outside of Bus gate and also in no Bus operation times.
Transport
- China National Highway 318China National Highway 318China National Highway 318 runs from Shanghai to Zhangmu on the China-Nepal border. It is 5,476 kilometres in length and runs west from Shanghai towards Zhejiang, Anhui, Hubei, Chongqing, Sichuan, and ends in Tibet. One notable section of this road is the Si Du River Bridge, the bridge with the...
- Rivers and Water
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.