Place details
Place nameChengdu
Other namesCh'eng-tu, Chengtu, Ch'eng-tu-hsien, Chengdu Shi, Ch'eng-tu-shih, Tschengtu, Hua-yang
CountryZhonghua
Latitude30.666
Longitude104.066
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
One of oldest cities of China; an imperial capital for certain periods; has remains of early eras; has World War II American air base for B-29 bombers; the center of a very fertile region; located on good irrigation system.