Shapingba, Chongqing

Shapingba

沙坪坝区
Shapingba 沙坪坝区
District
	The skyline of Shapingba.
	Shapingba District in Chongqing
Country	People's Republic of China
Municipality	Chongqing
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	http://spb.cq.cqedu.net/

Shapingba (simplified Chinese: 沙坪坝; traditional Chinese: 沙坪垻^[1]; pinyin: Shāpíngbà) is a district of Chongqing, People's Republic of China, formerly known as Shaci District (沙磁区; Shācí qū) during the Sino-Japanese War. It is one of the central parts of Chongqing and covers around 396 square kilometers, with 13 subdistricts and 11 towns. Shapingba is one of the most populated areas in Chongqing with a population of around one million.

^ According to "《通用规范汉字表》解读" (An Interpretation of the List of Commonly Used Standard Chinese Characters), 坝 was merged from two different Traditional Chinese characters: 垻 and 壩. The definition of 垻 is "平地（沙坪坝） flat land (Shapingba)", while 壩 means "dam" or "dike", showing that the traditional form of 沙坪坝 should be 沙坪垻. In addition, the ancient dictionary Guangyun defines 垻 as 蜀人謂平川爲垻 (Sichuan people call flat land "垻").

[1] According to "《通用规范汉字表》解读" (An Interpretation of the List of Commonly Used Standard Chinese Characters), 坝 was merged from two different Traditional Chinese characters: 垻 and 壩. The definition of 垻 is "平地（沙坪坝） flat land (Shapingba)", while 壩 means "dam" or "dike", showing that the traditional form of 沙坪坝 should be 沙坪垻. In addition, the ancient dictionary Guangyun defines 垻 as 蜀人謂平川爲垻 (Sichuan people call flat land "垻").

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