Wanxian
Wanzhou District is Chongqing's second most populated urban core area on the upper reaches of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River in China.
Wanzhou District is Chongqing's second most populated urban core area on the upper reaches of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River in China. It is currently governed as a district of Chongqing Municipality, bordering Sichuan to the northwest and Hubei to the southeast. It was formerly known as Wanxian or Wan County. Prior to Chongqing's formation as a direct-controlled municipality, Wanzhou was part of Sichuan province. The urban core of Wanzhou is 228 km (142 mi) away from Chongqing's city proper.
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Worth seeing in and around Wanxian
6 places 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.
- 01Wanzhou Yangtze River Bridge
The Wanzhou Yangtze River Bridge, originally called the Wanxian Yangtze River Bridge, is a reinforced concrete arch bridge built over the Yangtze River in 1997. It is located in the vicinity of the Three Gorges Dam in Wanzhou, Chongqing, China.
5.4 km · arch bridge · Wikipedia - 02Second Wanzhou Yangtze River Bridge
The Second Wanzhou Yangtze River Bridge is a suspension bridge over the Yangtze River in Wanzhou District of Chongqing, China. Completed in 2004, it has a main span of 580 metres places it among the longest suspension spans in the world.
2.1 km · bridge in Chongqing, China · Wikipedia - 03Wanzhou Railway Bridge
The Yiwan Railway Wanzhou Yangtze River Bridge is an arch bridge in Wanzhou District, Chongqing, China. The bridge was completed in 2005 and carries the Yichang−Wanzhou Railway across the Yangtze River.
4.3 km · bridge in People's Republic of China · Wikipedia - 04Fuma Yangtze River Bridge
The Fuma Yangtze River Bridge is a suspension bridge over the Yangtze river in Wanzhou, Chongqing, China. The bridge is one of the longest suspension bridges with a main span of 1,050 m.
6.5 km · suspension bridge in China · Wikipedia - 05Third Wanzhou Yangtze River Bridge
The Third Wanzhou Yangtze River Bridge or the Pailou Yangtze River Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge over the Yangtze river in Wanzhou, Chongqing.
2.2 km · bridge in People's Republic of China · Wikipedia - 06Chongqing Sanxia University of Science and Technology
Chongqing Three Gorges University, established in 1956, is a national comprehensive university in Wanzhou District, Chongqing, at the heart of the Three Gorges areas on the Yangtze River. It presently has a total enrolment of 13,000 full-time domestic students and international students; and a staff of about 1,000, including about 300 professors and associate professors, about 400 Master's Degree or Doctor's Degree winners, and more than 60 external part-time Professors and international teachers.
3.1 km · university in China · Wikipedia
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Getting to Wanxian
- Airports
- Chongqing Jiangbei (CKG), 208 km · Zhangjiajie Hehua (DYG), 272 km
- Stations
- Wanzhou Wuqiao Airport, 2.4 km · Wanzhoubei Railway Station, 7.8 km · Wanzhou Railway Station, 5.8 km
- Chongqing → Wanxian224 km · quickest by road, 3h 43m · ¥100–135
- Zhangjiajie (Yongding) → Wanxian277 km · quickest by road, 5h 32m · ¥150–200
- Chengdu (Jianyang) → Wanxian369 km · quickest by road, 6h 23m · ¥170–230
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Next door to Wanxian
Wanxian is 5 km from Wanzhou, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.