- a city in southeastern Sichuan province, in southern central China, on the Chang Jiang: provisional capital of China 1937–46.
- a river port in SW China, capital of Chongqing municipality (traditionally in Sichuan province) at the confluence of the Yangtze and Jialing rivers: site of a city since the 3rd millennium bc; wartime capital of China (1938–45); major trade centre for W China. Pop: 4 975 000 (2005 est)
