Wushan County
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Wushan County
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municipality. It occupies roughly 2958 square kilometre and has a population of about 600,000.
The county seat is located at the western entrance to the Wu Gorge
(巫峡) in the Three Gorges region of China
. Wushan is famous for its Little Three Gorges (小三峡) located on the nearby Daning River (大宁河).
The Wushan county seat is on the northern bank of the Yangtze River
channel, which in the Gorges region was flooded after the construction of the Three Gorges Dam
. The original town was abandoned and submerged under the rising waters, and the new town constructed on the hills above.
The population of the town is something in excess of 100,000, and the main economic activity in the area is coal mining, almost all from very small mines in the surrounding mountains. Tourism also plays a role, although tourist activity is not as great as it was before the flooding of the Gorges in the first decade of the 21st century. The Little Three Gorges are no longer as deep or as spectacular as they once were.
Mount Wushan is located east of the county.
Wushan County ' onMouseout='HidePop("58160")' href="/topics/Chongqing">Chongqing
Chongqing
Chongqing is a major city in Southwest China and one of the five national central cities of China. Administratively, it is one of the PRC's four direct-controlled municipalities , and the only such municipality in inland China.The municipality was created on 14 March 1997, succeeding the...
municipality. It occupies roughly 2958 square kilometre and has a population of about 600,000.
The county seat is located at the western entrance to the Wu Gorge
Wu Gorge
Wu Gorge , sometimes called Great Gorge , is the second gorge of the Three Gorges system on the Yangtze River, People's Republic of China. Formed by the Wu River, it stretches from Wushan to Guandukou, and is located downstream of Qutang Gorge and upstream of Xiling Gorge...
(巫峡) in the Three Gorges region of China
China
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. Wushan is famous for its Little Three Gorges (小三峡) located on the nearby Daning River (大宁河).
The Wushan county seat is on the northern bank of the Yangtze River
Yangtze River
The Yangtze, Yangzi or Cháng Jiāng is the longest river in Asia, and the third-longest in the world. It flows for from the glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai eastward across southwest, central and eastern China before emptying into the East China Sea at Shanghai. It is also one of the...
channel, which in the Gorges region was flooded after the construction of the Three Gorges Dam
Three Gorges Dam
The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, located in the Yiling District of Yichang, in Hubei province, China...
. The original town was abandoned and submerged under the rising waters, and the new town constructed on the hills above.
The population of the town is something in excess of 100,000, and the main economic activity in the area is coal mining, almost all from very small mines in the surrounding mountains. Tourism also plays a role, although tourist activity is not as great as it was before the flooding of the Gorges in the first decade of the 21st century. The Little Three Gorges are no longer as deep or as spectacular as they once were.
Mount Wushan is located east of the county.