Shanghai Facts

Shanghai is a city in East China, situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta. One of the most important cities in the country, it is a multi-cultural metropolis with modern as well as traditional features. Shanghai stands bordering Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in the west, East China Sea in the east and Hangzhou Bay in the south. There are 16 districts and 3 counties in the city, comprising of 205 towns, 9 townships, 99 subdistrict committees, 3,278 neighborhood committees and 2,935 villagers' committees. Apart from being a major business center, Shanghai is also a popular tourist destination, owing to the presence of numerous museums, towers, gardens and temples. Shanghai is the largest city of the People's Republic of China and the eighth largest city in the world.

• Shanghai stands divided into 16 districts and 3 counties.
• Shanghai serves as one of the most important cultural, commercial, financial, industrial and communications centers of China.
• Shanghai is a municipality of the People's Republic of China that has province-level status.
• One of the busiest ports in the world, Shanghai became the largest cargo port in the world in 2005.
• The White Magnolia was adopted as the City Flower of Shanghai, by its municipal people's congress, in 1986.
• Shanghai is also known as the ‘Paris of the East’ and the ‘Queen of the Orient’.
• Shanghai serves as the largest base of industrial technology in the People's Republic of China.
• Most of the areas in Shanghai are flat and belong to the alluvial plain of the Yangtze River delta.
• The ice-free Huangpu River is the main waterway in Shanghai.
• The Chongming Island of Shanghai, spread over 1,041 sq km, is the third largest island in China.
• Central Shanghai stands divided, by Huangpu River, into two areas - Pudong (east of Huangpu River) and Puxi (west of Huangpu River).

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