Meanings
- historicalA former district of Chongqing, China.
In 2011, former Shuangqiao District and Dazu County were merged as Dazu District with an area of 1436 km² and a population 1.03 million.
2019, Zhijie Wang, “The Practices of Over-Leaping the Middle Income Trap via New Industrialization–A Case Study of Dazu District in Chongqing”, in Yining Li, Zhiqiang Cheng, editors, China's Reform to Overleap the Middle-Income Trap, →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2111 more example
The 2.3-square-km Longshuihu village in the Shuangqiao district of Chongqing municipality, also known as "women's town," was based on the local traditional concept of "women rule and men obey," a tourism official told Reuters.
2007 April 26, “"Women's town" to put men in their place”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2016, Life
Origin
- Mandarin雙橋 /双桥
- EnglishShuangqiao
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 雙橋 /双桥 (Shuāngqiáo).
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Chinese Cantonese 雙橋 /双桥
- 雙橋 /双桥 (soeng¹ kiu⁴)former district
Chinese Mandarin 雙橋 /双桥
- 雙橋 /双桥 (Shuāngqiáo)former district
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Shuangqiao. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shuangqiao
“Shuangqiao.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shuangqiao. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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