Guang’an
Guang'an is a prefecture-level city in eastern Sichuan province.
Guang'an is a prefecture-level city in eastern Sichuan province. It is most famous as the birthplace of China's former paramount leader Deng Xiaoping. Guang'an lies between the hills of central Sichuan and the gorges area of the east. Guang'an is the only "Sichuan Chongqing Cooperation Demonstration Zone" in Sichuan and the nearest prefecture level city from the main city of Chongqing. It has been incorporated into the one-hour economic circle of Chongqing. Because of its strategic location, it is called the "Gateway to Eastern Sichuan". Its population, as of the 2020 census, was 3,254,883, of whom 976,370 lived in the built-up area made up of two urban districts.
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Worth seeing in and around Guang’an
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Deng Xiaoping's Former Residence
The former residence of Deng Xiaoping was built in the late Qing dynasty. It is located in Paifang village of Xiexing town, Guang'an District, Guang'an City, Sichuan, China.
7 km · historic site in Guang'an, Sichuan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Guang’an
- Airports
- Chongqing Jiangbei (CKG), 83 km · Chengdu Tianfu (TFU), 211 km · Chengdu Shuangliu (CTU), 258 km
- Chongqing → Guang’an102 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · ¥48–65
- Chengdu (Jianyang) → Guang’an200 km · quickest by road, 3h 29m · ¥90–120
- Chengdu (Shuangliu) → Guang’an258 km · quickest by road, 4h 27m · ¥115–155
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No local-transport research exists yet for Guang’an
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Guang’an. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Guang’an – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Guang’an
- Guang'an Districtdistrict of Sichuan Province, China2.3 km