Yongchuan

Yongchuan Daily Movement and Geographic Positioning

Yongchuan is a county-level district of Chongqing, China, with a recorded population of 192954. Positioned by the north side of the upper reach of the Yangtze River, the city spans a total area of 1,572.66 square kilometers (607.21 square miles) with coordinates at latitude 29.35376 and longitude 105.89392.

Daily movement across the district connects residents through a structured administrative division comprising 19 townships and 3 subdistricts. Transport infrastructure relies heavily on the Chengdu-Chongqing freeway and the Chengdu-Chongqing railway, which both cross the territory to establish traffic routes. Geographically, Yongchuan extends across a region bounded by Bishan and Jiangjin in the east, Dazu and Rongchang in the west, Tongliang in the north, alongside Luxiang and Hejiang. The maximum span measures 70.65 kilometers (43.90 miles) from the south end to the north end, and 44.85 kilometers (27.87 miles) from the east end to the north end.

Daily economic and agricultural activities within this subtropical monsoon climate zone involve the production of rice, wheat, sweet potato, tea, vegetables, fruits, silk, and bamboo, alongside pig raising. Historically established as a county in 776, the administrative status shifted when Yongchuan county came under the administration of Chongqing city in 1983, promoted to a city level in 1992, and finally reorganized into a county-level district of Chongqing in 2006. Further details regarding its regional setup are maintained on the Yongchuan, Chongqing reference page and recorded through geographical datasets such as the GeoNames record for Yongchuan.