+ 成都市 Chéngdū Shì
Administration Type	Sub-provincial city
City Seat	Qingyang District
Area	12,390 km²
Population	10,597,000 (2005)
Elevation	500m/1650ft
GDP - Total - Per Capita	¥327.5 billion ¥25,950
Major Nationalities	Han
County-level divisions	19
Township-level divisions
CPC Committee Secretary	Li Chuncheng (李春城)
Mayor	Ge Honglin (葛红林)
Area code	028
Postal Code	610000
License Plate Prefix	川A

( ), located in southwest People's Republic of China, is the capital of Sichuan province and a sub-provincial city. Chengdu is also one of the most important economic centers and transportation and communication hubs in China. Throughout most of Chinese history, Chengdu has been a city with a large number of people. By 2005 the population was 10,597,000, which made Chengdu the fifth largest city in China in terms of population, just following Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin and Chongqing. The urban populace excluding recognized city dependants is 3.9 million.

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.