Minhang, Shanghai
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Minhang District is a suburban district of Shanghai with a land area of Template:Convert and population of 2,653,489 residents as of 2020.[1] The original Minhang consist of present-day Jiangchuan Road Subdistrict (Former Minhang Town[2]Template:Zh) and the eastern strip of Wujing along the Huangpu River in 1992, the surrounding Shanghai County merged with Minhang.
It is mostly a residential district, though it is also home to some of the many factories and production facilities in Shanghai. Residential housing development is the main source of local government revenue. Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena (旗忠森林体育城) is located in Ma Qiao Town (马桥镇). The Aerospace Museum is being constructed at Pujiang Town.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University and East China Normal University both have campuses in the southern part of Minhang District.
Administrative divisions
Minhang administers 4 subdistricts and 9 towns.
Of particular note is Qibao (七宝), a tourist attraction in the northern part of the district, and Maqiao, which hosted the Shanghai ATP Masters tennis tournament and is the site of the Neolithic Ruins of Maqiao. The town of Hongqiao also overlaps with Hongqiao Subdistrict in Changning District, and is next to the location of Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, the city's older commercial airport and which is used primarily for domestic flights.
| Name | Chinese (S) | Hanyu Pinyin | Shanghainese Romanization | Population (2010)[3] | Area (km2) |
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| Jiangchuan Road Subdistrict | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Jiāngchuān lù Jiēdào | kaon tseu lu ka do | 185,991 | 30.27 |
| Gumei Road Subdistrict | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Gǔměi lù Jiēdào | ku mhe lu ka do | 149,141 | 6.51 |
| Xinhong Subdistrict | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Xīnhóng Jiēdào | sin ron ka do | 65,256 | 19.26 |
| Pujing Subdistrict | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Pǔjǐn Jiēdào | phu cin ka do | 292,750 | 23.99 |
| Pujiang town | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Pǔjiāng Zhèn | phu kaon tzen | 78.51 | |
| Xinzhuang town | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Xīnzhuāng Zhèn | sen tzaon tzen | 277,934 | 19.12 |
| Qibao town | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Qībǎo Zhèn | tsiq po tzen | 283,352 | 18.10 |
| Zhuanqiao town | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Zhuānqiáo Zhèn | tzeu djio tzen | 189,604 | 20.97 |
| Huacao town | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Huácáo Zhèn | rau dzo tzen | 193,777 | 46.28 |
| Hongqiao town | Script error: No such module "Lang". | hóngqiáo Zhèn | ron djio tzen | 165,877 | 8.98 |
| Meilong town | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Méilǒng Zhèn | me lon tzen | 344,434 | 25.71 |
| Wujing town | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Wújīng Zhèn | wu cin tzen | 121,164 | 37.64 |
| Maqiao town | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Mǎqiáo Zhèn | mau djio tzen | 103,989 | 33.20 |
| Xinzhuang Industrial Zone | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Xīnzhuāng Gōngyèqū | sen tzaon kon gniq chiu | 56,103 | 17.88 |
Economy
The hotel chain Huazhu Hotels Group is headquartered in Minhang District.[4][5] The fast food chain Yonghe King has its headquarters in Minhang District.[6] Want Want China, the milk manufacturer, has its headquarters in the district.[7]
Education
International schools include:
- British International School Puxi Campus
- Nord Anglia Chinese International School[8]
- Shanghai American School Puxi Campus[9]
- Shanghai Japanese School Hongqiao Campus (elementary school)[10]
- Shanghai Korean School
- Shanghai Singapore International School Minhang Campus[11]
- Dulwich College Shanghai Puxi Campus[12]
Closed:
Transportation
- Public bicycle share scheme, with more than 20,000 bikes available for free use, after a registration process.[14][15]
- Luheng Road Comprehensive Passenger Transport Hub Project Luheng Road Comprehensive Passenger Transport Hub, located at Puxing Road NO. 569 Minhang District, is taking up a land of 27,612 square meters and connected to Metro Line 8 at Luheng Road Stop. It is one of the two Park and Ride testing Transportation Hubs in Shanghai, boasting departure and terminal stops of 6 bus lines connecting to downtown Shanghai and 500 parking spaces. Commuters can save the expensive parking fee in the downtown area and park their cars here and transfer to the Metro or bus lines for work. The project was started in 2011 and the hub has been put into use in 2016.
Metro
Minhang is currently served by six metro lines operated by Shanghai Metro:
- Template:Rail color box - Xinzhuang Station Template:Rint, Waihuanlu, Lianhua Road
- Template:Rail color box - Hongqiao Railway Station Template:RintTemplate:Rint, Hongqiao Airport Terminal 2 Template:Rint
- Template:Rail color box - Xinzhuang Station Template:Rint, Chunshen Road, Yindu Road, Zhuanqiao, Beiqiao, Jianchuan Road, Dongchuan Road, Jinping Road, Huaning Road, Wenjing Road, Minhang Development Zone
- Template:Rail color box - Luheng Road, Pujiang Town, Jiangyue Road, Lianhang Road, Shendu Highway
- Template:Rail color box - Zhongchun Road, Qibao, Xingzhong Road, Hechuan Road
- Template:Rail color box - Hangzhong Road, Ziteng Road, Longbai Xincun / Hongqiao Railway Station Template:RintTemplate:Rint, Hongqiao Airport Terminal 2 Template:Rint (Hongqiao Airport Terminal 1 is in Changning District)
- Template:Rail color box - Hongqiao Railway Station Template:RintTemplate:Rint
- Template:Rail color box - Shendu Highway Template:Rint, Sanlu Highway, Minrui Road, Puhang Road, Dongchengyi Road, Huizhen Road
Gallery
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Buddhist Temple at Qibao
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Mingdu Road and Sky Mall at Xinzhuang
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Residential area in Minhang
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Residential compound on Zhucheng Road
Climate
Minhang has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Minhang is Template:Cvt. The average annual rainfall is Template:Cvt with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around Template:Cvt, and lowest in January, at around Template:Cvt.
References
Further reading
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External links
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- Minhang District Government Website
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- Shanghai Daily's Minhang Information Website
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- ↑ "Company Profile" (). Huazhu. Retrieved on June 7, 2022. "No. 699, Wuzhong Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, China"
- ↑ "Contact Us" (). Huazhu. Retrieved on June 7, 2022. "No. 699, Wuzhong Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, China"
- ↑ "联系我们." Yonghe King. Retrieved on September 19, 2013. "永和大王总公司 地址：上海市合川路3051号莱茵虹桥中心B栋4楼" Template:Webarchive
- ↑ "Contact material Template:Webarchive." Want Want China. Retrieved on April 11, 2014. "Want Want China Holdings Limited（Shanghai Headquarter） Add:No.1088,East Hong Song Road, Shanghai, PRC" - Simplified Chinese Template:Webarchive: "中国旺旺控股有限公司（上海总部） 地址:上海市红松东路 1088 号" - Traditional Chinese : " 中國旺旺控股有限公司（上海總部） 地址:上海市紅松東路1088號 郵編: 201103 "
- ↑ Home. Nord Anglia Chinese International School. Retrieved on January 5, 2019. "中国上海市闵行区金辉路1399号"
- ↑ Home page. Shanghai American School. Retrieved on February 19, 2014. "Puxi Campus 258 Jinfeng Road Huacao Town, Minhang Dist. Shanghai, China 201107 6221-1445" and "Pudong Campus Shanghai Links Executive Community 1600 Lingbai Road Sanjiagang, Pudong Shanghai, China 201201 6221-1445" Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ "Shanghai Japanese School HongQiao Campus." Shanghai Japanese School. Retrieved on February 18, 2014. "上海日本人学校 虹橋校�〒201103 上海市閔行区虹梅路3185号" Template:Webarchive
- ↑ "Contact Us" (Archive). Shanghai Singapore International School. Retrieved on July 31, 2013. "MinHang Campus (Preschool / Primary / Secondary/ High School) 301, Zhu Jian Road, MinHang District, Shanghai PRC 201106"
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- ↑ "Contact." Shanghai Rego International School. Retrieved on February 26, 2014. "159 DiannanRoad, Minhang 201100 Shanghai" Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Free bikes solve commuters’ problems, Minhang Times, 25 April 2009
- ↑ Free rental bikes missing, SCMP, 22 Feb 2013 Template:Webarchive