Fuling District (simplified Chinese: 涪陵区; traditional Chinese: 涪陵區; pinyin: Fúlíng Qū) is a district in the middle of Chongqing Municipality, People's Republic of China. Its name means "Fu (River) Cemetery" because some rulers of the State of Ba were originally buried there.
Fuling is well known in China as the home of zha cai, made from a large, radish-like vegetable indigenous to the area.
Fuling is also the location of former U.S. Peace Corps teacher Peter Hessler's best-selling memoir River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze.
- Area: 2941.47 km²
- Population: 1,087,139 (2000s)
- Geographic coordinates: 106°56' - 107°43' East, 29°21' - 30°01' North
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