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Which provincial-level municipality, known as the 'Mountain City', was carved out of Sichuan province in 1997 primarily to administer the region affected by the Three Gorges Dam resettlement programme?
Answer: Chongqing — Chongqing was upgraded to a direct-controlled municipality in 1997 largely to manage the massive population displacement caused by the Three Gorges Dam upstream—over 1.3 million people were relocated, with Chongqing absorbing most of the resettled population.
- A Wuhan
- B Chengdu
- C Xi'an
- D Chongqing ✓
Chongqing was upgraded to a direct-controlled municipality in 1997 largely to manage the massive population displacement caused by the Three Gorges Dam upstream—over 1.3 million people were relocated, with Chongqing absorbing most of the resettled population.