Sichuan Province Population: 103.2 million Urban population: 28.2 million Capital: Chengdu Nationalities: Han, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Hui, and Qiang Area: 560,000 square kilometers Altitude: 300 - 700 meters in the lowlands; over 3,000 meters on the western plateau Climatic features: subtropical, humid, monsoonal climate in the eastern lowlands with frequent fog; temperate-subtropical highland climate in the west, with intense sunlight but low temperatures Average temperature: in January, 3 - 8 degree in the lowlands, minus 9 - minus 3 degree on the plateau, and 8 - 13 degree in the south; in July, 25 - 29 centigrade degree in the lowlands, 11 - 17 centigrade degree on the plateau. Annual average rainfall: 1,000 mm in the lowlands, 500 - 700 mm on the plateau, and 800 - 1,200 mm in the south Physical features: basin in the east, plateau in the west, mountain in the central south, highland swamps in the central north. Known as the Sichuan Basin, the eastern lowlands are closed off by mountains and plateaus on all sides. The drainage basin is crossed by the Yangtze River and is rich with red soil. Mountains: Minshan, Longmen, Micang, and Daba Mountains in the north; Wushan Mountain in the east; Shaluli, Qionglai, in the west Rivers: the Yangtze River flows along Sichuan's western and southern borders, with the southern segment called the Jinsha River. The Yangtze traverses the Sichuan Basin and is joined by several tributaries, the major ones being the Minjiang-Dadu, Tuojiang. Products: rice, corn, sweet potatoes, wheat, sorghum, rape, sugar cane, peanuts, tea; ramie, silk cocoons, cotton, jute, ambary hemp; sun-cured tobacco; tung oil, camphor, Chinese tallow tree, raw lacquer, white wax; silver fungus, bulb of fritillary, bamboo; oranges, tangerines, pears, yangtao, lychees, longans, bananas; iron, coal, manganese, natural gas, petroleum, salt, alluvial gold, copper, nickel, phosphorus, sulfur, mica Administrative divisions: 3 autonomous prefectures, 19 cities, 165 counties, 8 autonomous counties, and 1 industrial-agricultural district Neighboring areas: Qinghai, Gansu, Shaanxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, and Yunnan Provinces; Tibet Autonomous Region Major cities: Chengdu, Chongqing, Dukou, Zigong, Yibin, Neijiang, Comments: Sichuan is the home of the giant panda and golden-hair monkey. Beijing Real Estate - Xian Real Estate - Shanghai Real Estate - Hong Kong Real Estate - Jinan Real Estate - Guangzhou Real Estate - Guangdong Real Estate - Chengdu Real Estate - Xiamen Real Estate - Zhengzhou Real Estate - Kowloon Real Estate - Shenzhen Real Estate - Beihai Real Estate - Dalian Real Estate - Nanjing Real Estate - Chongqing Real Estate - Hangzhou Real Estate - Harbin Real Estate - Kunming Real Estate - Pudong Real Estate - Qingdao Real Estate - Wuhan Real Estate - Shenyang Real Estate - Tianjin Real Estate - Shaanxi Real Estate - Sichuan Real Estate