Wanzhou
Wanzhou is a district of Chongqing Municipality. It is situated about 270 km northeast of central Chongqing.
- Type: City with 1,560,000 residents
- Description: district of Chongqing, China
- Also known as: “Gaosuntang”, “Wan”, “Wan County”, “wan zhou”, “Wan-hsien-shih”, “Wanzhou District”, “Wanzhou, Chongqing”, and “万县”
- Historically known as: “Wan-Hsien” and “Wanshien”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Xishan Clock Tower.
Wanzhou
- Categories: district of China and locality
- Location: Chongqing, Chongqing Municipality, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.8102° or 30° 48′ 37″ north
Longitude
108.4034° or 108° 24′ 12″ east
Population
1,560,000
Elevation
232 metres (761 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CN WAX
Open location code
8P2CRC63+39
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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Satellite Map
Discover Wanzhou from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“Wanzhou” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Վանչժոու”
- Basque: “Wanzhou Barrutia”
- Catalan: “Wanxian”
- Cebuano: “Wanzhou District”
- Chinese: “Wànzhōu Qū”
- Chinese: “万州”
- Chinese: “万州区”
- Chinese: “萬州區”
- Czech: “Wan-čou”
- Dutch: “Wanzhou”
- French: “district de Wanzhou”
- French: “District de Wanzhou”
- French: “Wanzhou”
- Gan Chinese: “万州区”
- German: “Wanzhou”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Wanzhou”
- Italian: “Wanzhou”
- Japanese: “万州区”
- Korean: “완저우구”
- Lithuanian: “Vandžou”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Uâng-ciŭ-kṳ̆”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bān-chiu-khu”
- Mirandese: “Wanzhou”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wanzhou”
- Norwegian: “Wanzhou”
- Persian: “منطقه وانژوو”
- Persian: “وانجو”
- Polish: “Wanzhou”
- Russian: “Вансянь”
- Russian: “Ваньчжоу”
- Spanish: “Wanzhou”
- Swedish: “Wanzhou”
- Thai: “วั่นโจว”
- Turkish: “Wanzhou”
- Ukrainian: “Ваньчжоу”
- Urdu: “وانژؤ ضلع”
- Vietnamese: “Vạn Châu”
- Waray (Philippines): “Wanxian”
- Wu Chinese: “万州区”
- Yue Chinese: “萬州”
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