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Tongliang District

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Time zone
  
China Standard (UTC+8)

Local time
  
Monday 5:52 AM

Area
  
1,342 km²

Municipality
  
Chongqing

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Country
  
People's Republic of China

Weather
  
16°C, Wind N at 8 km/h, 71% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Bayue Mountain, Tongliang Museum, Hongpingguo Amusement City

Tongliang District (simplified Chinese: 铜梁区; traditional Chinese: 銅梁區; pinyin: Tóngliáng Qū) is a district of Chongqing Municipality in China. On 6 June 2014 Tongliang was upgraded from a county into a district within Chongqing.

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Map of Tongliang, Chongqing, China

Bombing and stabbing attack

On November 18, 2004, 41-year-old Yuan Daizhong, who was having a dispute with his wife, stabbed her to death at their village home, and then blew up 42 people in a tea house, killing himself and 14 other people. Twenty-eight people were injured in the blast. The attack happened on the ninth anniversary of the Zhaodong massacre.

Education

Chongqing Tongliang NO.1 Experimental Primary School is among the best primary schools of Chongqing.

Chongqing Tongliang NO.2 Experimental Primary School is in this district.

Chongqing Bachuan International High School is a private school in the district, which is known as an expert of junior and high school education.

Chongqing Tongliang Bachuan Middle School.

Tongliang Zhong Xue is the best high school in Tongliang district. It has a long history and have cultivated a large amount of talents for the top Universities in China.

References

Tongliang District Wikipedia