Shanghai Location Climate Population and Religions in City Name
Shanghai (in English: Shanghai Municipality; Pinyin: Shànghǎi Shì). Referred to as the "Shanghai", known as "Shen."
Coordinates
Town Center located at latitude 31 degrees 13 minutes 49.5 seconds east longitude 121 degrees 28 minutes 13.21 seconds.
National
The People's Republic of China (People's Republic of China)
Area
To the end of 2008, Shanghai has 18 districts, a county, a total of 107 towns, 3 townships, 101 sub-district offices, 3525 neighborhood committees and 1830 village committees (the Shanghai Municipal Government Network) [1]. In May 2009 to remove the Nanhui District, will be incorporated in the Pudong New Area, the administrative region [2].
Government
Shanghai municipal government is located in Huangpu District. Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng, Mayor Han Zheng.
Area
The city area of 7,037.50 square kilometers (the end of 2007, China's provincial-level administrative section 32). In which an area of 6,340.5 square kilometers of land, water area of 697 square kilometers, the urban area of 2,648.6 square kilometers, built area of 860.2 square kilometers (2006, China's No. 2 city, behind Beijing; The People's Republic of China National Bureau of Statistics).
Elevation
The city's average elevation of 4 meters. Big Jinshan of Shanghai in the highest point of elevation of 103.4 meters.
Population
The city's population of 1,888.46 million (the end of 2008, China's first provincial-level administrative region 25), in which the resident population of 1,371.04 million residence. Population density is 2,638 persons / square kilometer (2008, China's provincial-level administrative section 3, behind Macau, Hong Kong). Urban population of 1,453 million (in 2007, mainland China city of Cap 1).
National
Shanghai has China's 56 ethnic groups in 54 people (2000 national census, no Achang, De'ang). Han's most populous ethnic groups. The city's ethnic minority population accounts for 0.63% of the total population. Resident ethnic minority population of about 16 million (2005 sample survey). Ethnic minorities are mainly Hui, Manchu, Mongolian, Tujia, Korean and so on. The vast majority of Han Chinese residents of the city belongs to the Department of Jiangsu and Zhejiang China, using Wu Taihu film dialect, Shanghai dialect passage.
1928 Shanghai Bund Religion
Shanghai's existing Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and Christianity's five major religions. Has been officially opened 262 sites for religious activities, religious people is about more than 70 million people, teaching staff 1487 people.
Time
Beijing (China Standard Time). UTC +8.
Postcode
200000-202183. Municipal districts with 200 and 201 at the beginning, the beginning of counties to 202.
Telephone Code
021 (+86)
Vehicle license
Shanghai A, B, C (rural counties), D, E, F, G, H, J
Dialect
Wu (Wu Chinese) - Shanghai dialect (Shanghainese)
GDP
13,698.15 billion yuan (in 2008, increased 9.7% over the previous year, China's provincial-level administrative section 7, except for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan). Per capita GDP 73,124 yuan (Chinese provincial-level administrative section 1, except for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan).
HDI
0.913 (high, 2005, China's provincial-level administrative section 3, behind Hong Kong, Taiwan)
City Standard
Objective is the municipal flower of Shanghai City, Magnolia, sand, and the propeller composed of three triangular pattern.
Flower
Magnolia