Dianjiang County () is a

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in the northeast of

Chongqing ChongqingPostal Romanization, Previously romanized as Chungking ();. is a direct-administered municipality in Southwestern China. Chongqing is one of the four direct-administered municipalities under the State Council of the People's Republi ...

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, China, bordering

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province to the northwest. As of 2015, it has two subdistricts, two townships, and 22 towns under its administration.

History

Dianjiang County was developed in the time of the

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Emperor Gong Di in 555 CE. Before the Chongqing area became a municipality, Dianjiang belonged to other regions. From October 1, 1949, to March 14, 1997, it belonged to Dazhu, Fuling prefecture.

Administrative divisions

Dianjiang has two subdistricts, two townships, five regional center towns and 17 general towns.

Climate

Economics

Based on statistics from October 2015, in the first three quarters, Dianjiang County achieved a GDP of 16.63 billion yuan (an increase of 11.4 percent, and faster than the growth in the previous six months by 0.4 percentage points). The contributions to the GDP were composed of the primary sector producing 2.17 billion yuan (an increase of 4.5%); the secondary sector producing 8.78 billion yuan (an increase of 12.6%); and the tertiary sector producing 5.68 billion yuan (an increase of 12.2%).

Transportation

The area is served by Dianjiang railway station on the Chongqing–Wanzhou intercity railway.

References

County-level divisions of Chongqing {{Chongqing-geo-stub