Shanghai

Shanghai is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River,... Wikipedia

  • Country:  China
  • Region:  East China
  • Establishment of - Qinglong Town:  746
  • - Huating County (Tang):  751
  • - Shanghai County:  1292
  • - Municipality:  7 July 1927
  • Municipal seat:  Huangpu District
  • Divisions - County-level - Township, level:  16 districts, 210 towns and subdistricts
  • Type:  Municipality
  • Body:  Shanghai Municipal People's Congress
  • Party Secretary:  Chen Jining
  • Congress Chairwoman:  Huang Lixin
  • Mayor:  Gong Zheng
  • Municipal CPPCC Chairman:  Hu Wenrong
  • National People's Congress Representation:  57 deputies
  • Municipality:  24,874,500
  • Rank:  1st in China
  • Demonym(s):  Shanghainese
  • Time zone:  CST (UTC+08:00)
  • Summer (DST):  CDT (UTC+09:00)
  • Postal code:  200000–202100
  • Area code(s):  21
  • ISO 3166 code:  CN-SH
  • GDP Growth:  5%
  • HDI (2022):  0.895 (2nd) – very high
  • License plate prefixes:  沪A, B, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, 沪C (outer suburbs only)
  • Abbreviation:  SH
  • City flower:  Yulan magnolia
  • Languages:  Shanghainese, Standard Mandarin
  • Website:  shanghai.gov.cn, en.shanghai.gov.cn
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo