Fuling

Fuling District (涪陵) is a district of Chongqing Municipality, People's Republic of China. The place 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 "The Hot Pickled Mustard Tuber," made from a large, radish-like vegetable indigenous to the area. It 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 area code: 23