• Area: 12,390 km²
• Location: southwest people's Republic of China
• Climate: mild and humid
• Population: 11 million (as of 2005)
• People: Han Chinese
• Language: Mandarin Chinese, Sichuang Hua (dialect)
• Administrative demarcations: 19 districts and counties

Geography
Chengdu, located in southwest People's Republic of China, is the capital of Sichuan province and a sub-provincial city. Chengdu is situated at the western edge of the Sichuan Basin. It is therefore sheltered from northwest winds from Siberia in winter by the Qing Ling Mountains to the north. Chengdu is also one of the most important economic centers and transportation and communication hubs in China.
More than four thousand years ago, the prehistorical Bronze Age culture of Jinsha established itself in this region. The fertile Chengdu Plain, on which Chengdu is located, is called Tianfuzhi guo in Chinese, which literally means "the country of heaven", or more often seen translated as "the Land of Abundance". It was recently named China's 4th-most livable city by China Daily. The districts and counties include Qingyang District, Jinjiang District, Jinniu District, Wuhou District, Chenghua District, Longquanyi District, Xindu District, Wenjiang District, Dujiangyan City, Pengzhou City, Qionglai City, Chongzhou City, Jintang County, Shuangliu County, Pi County, Pujiang County,  and Xinjin County.

Culture and Tourism
People from Chengdu (or Sichuan, in general) tend to eat spicy. Many local specialties include Grandma Chen's Bean Curd (Mapo doufu), Chengdu Hot pot, and Carrying Pole Noodles (Dan Dan Noodles).
An article by the Los Angeles Times (2006) called Chengdu "China's party city". Chengdu outnumbers Shanghai in the number of tea houses and bars despite having less than half the population. The inhabitants have a reputation both within Sichuan and in China at large for having a laid back attitude and for knowing how to enjoy life.

Economy
Chengdu is home to several key industries and markets in the people's Republic of China that are both significant for domestic and international markets. First, Sichuan Province and the Chengdu region have long been the capital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). This combined with recent intrigue into pharmaceuticals has launched Chengdu into one of the major pharmaceutical R&D centers in the People's Republic of China, as well as the leading R&D region in Western China.
Chengdu has long been established as a national base for electronic and IT industry. Several key national electronic R&D institutes are located in Chengdu. Chengdu's Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone has attracted a variety of multinationals, including Intel, IBM, NOKIA, Alcatel, Motorola, SAP, and Microsoft, as well as domestic powerhouses such as Lenovo. Intel's Chengdu factory is its second one after its Shanghai factory in China and the first such large-scale foreign investment in electronic industry in interior mainland China. The GDP in Chengdu is around ¥ 332.4 billion (around $46 billion).

Daily life
People can enjoy their life by walking in the parks and gardens in Chengdu. River Viewing Pavilion (Wangjianglou) park in Chengdu is an important park of the city.
The highlight of the park is its forests boasting of 100 varieties of bamboo.