Fengdu County

Fengdu County 丰都县
County
Location of Fengdu County in Chongqing
Country	People's Republic of China
Municipality	Chongqing
Area
• Total	2,896 km² (1,118 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	649,200
• Density	220/km² (580/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Fengdu County

Simplified Chinese

丰都县

Traditional Chinese

豐都縣

Postal

Fengtu

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Fēngdū Xiàn

Alternative Chinese name

Simplified Chinese

酆都县

Traditional Chinese

酆都縣

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Fēngdū Xiàn

Fengdu County (Chinese: 丰都县; pinyin: Fēngdū Xiàn; originally Chinese: 酆都县; pinyin: Fēngdū Xiàn)^[1] is a county located in Chongqing Municipality, People's Republic of China.

Ghost City

Main article: Fengdu Ghost City

The Fengdu Ghost City is a tourist attraction modelled after Diyu, the concept of hell in Chinese mythology and Buddhism. It was built over 1,800 years ago. The ghost city will become an island once the Three Gorges Dam project is completed. Specifically, part of the Fengdu Ghost City will be submerged, but scenery above the "Door of Hell" will remain.

Transportation

Fengdu has one Yangtze crossing, the Fengdu Yangtze River Bridge.

Image gallery

Facade of an unfinished five-star hotel overlooking Fengdu

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fengdu Ghost City.

References

↑ Chongqing Investment Bureau (中国重庆招商) (in Simplified Chinese) Accessed 2010-10-20

External links

Pictures of Fengdu Ghost Town
Godchecker entry on Feng Du
Pictures of Feng Du Necropolis (Chinese)
Fengdu - The Ghost City information
Victoria Cruises press release details changes to Fengdu ghost town
China's ghost town vanishes
Fengdu

Municipality of Chongqing

History Politics Economy

Districts	Yuzhong Dadukou Jiangbei Shapingba Jiulongpo Nan'an Beibei Bishan Tongliang Qijiang Dazu Yubei Banan Fuling Wanzhou Qianjiang Changshou Hechuan Jiangjin Nanchuan Yongchuan Rongchang Tongnan

Counties	Chengkou Dianjiang Fengdu Fengjie Kai Liangping Wulong Wushan Wuxi Yunyang Zhong

Autonomous counties	Pengshui Shizhu Xiushan Youyang

Defunct divisions	Wansheng Shuangqiao Shizhong Qianjiang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County

Attractions	Baiheliang Underwater Museum Ciqikou Dazu Rock Carvings Diaoyu Fortress Fengdu Ghost City Foreigners' Street Furong Cave General Joseph W. Stilwell Museum People's Great Hall Red Rock Village Museum Science and Technology Museum Snowy Jade Cave Three Gorges Museum Three Natural Bridges Wulong Karst Zoo

Sports Venues	Chongqing Olympic Sports Center Yanghe Stadium Datianwan Stadium

Higher Education	Chongqing University Southwest University Chongqing Institute of Technology Chongqing Jiaotong University Chongqing Normal University Chongqing Technology and Business University Chongqing Three Gorges University Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications Yangtze Normal University (formerly Fuling Teachers College) Sichuan Fine Arts Institute Sichuan International Studies University Southwest University of Political Science and Law Third Military Medical University Chongqing Medical University Chongqing University of Science and Technology Chongqing Telecommunication Institute

Culture & Demographics	Ba Sichuan Mandarin Szechuan cuisine

Transport	Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport Chongqing Metro China National Highway 210 China National Highway 212

See also: List of Township-level divisions of Chongqing

Three Gorges Reservoir Region

County-level divisions

Hubei province	Yiling in Yichang City Zigui in Yichang City Xingshan in Yichang City Badong in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture

Chongqing municipality	Wushan Wuxi Fengjie Yunyang Wanzhou Shizhu Kai Zhong Fengdu Fuling Changshou Wulong Jiangjin Yubei Ba'nan Yuzhong Shapingba Nan'an Dadukou Jiulongpo Jiangbei

Coordinates: 29°53′46″N 107°44′02″E / 29.8961°N 107.734°E / 29.8961; 107.734

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