Travel Forum / Destinations / USA and Canada / April 2006

But from the same web site:
"The municipality of Chongqing has a population of 32,355,000 (2004),
most of them living outside the urban area of Chongqing proper, "

...When you look at the population of New York City do you restrict it
to just, say, Manhattan or include all the boroughs?

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How about these sources that all agree with the 30,000,000 number...
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As the largest city of China, ...with a population of 30 million.
http://www.world66.com/asia/northeastasia/china/sichuanprovince/chongqing

total population of 30.9 million,
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/chongqing.htm

http://www.chinats.com/chongqing/chongqing1579.htm
In March 14, 1997, the original Chongqing City was promoted to the
status of Municipality.  Population: approx 31,300,000 fluctuating

http://english.people.com.cn/data/province/chongqing.html
Population:     30.90 millions (March 2001)

http://www.chinaplanner.com/chongqing/
under its jurisdiction, a population of 30.2 million, and an area of
82,000 square kilometers.

http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/English/chinatours/chongqing.htm
. Secondly, it is unusually large in population. At the end of 1997,
30.429 million people lived in Chongqing,

http://www.chinatour.com/attraction/chongqing.htm
with a population of 30 million. It is a major center of iron and steel
production,

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