(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-11-16 11:07

 

Demolished buildings in the old seat of Kaixian County of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality are seen in the photo taken on Nov. 15, 2007. [Xinhua]

Covering 82,000 square kilometers, the municipality has a population of more than 27.98 million, 55 percent of whom live in rural areas.

China has relocated 1.22 million people for the Three Gorges project so far and will have relocated nearly 1.4 million by the conclusion of the relocation process by the summer flood season next year, according to an official with the office of the Three Gorges Project Committee of the State Council.

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