Jiading District

Jiading
嘉定区
District
Shanghai International Circuit

Jiading in Shanghai
Country People's Republic of China
Municipality Shanghai
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)
Jiading District
Simplified Chinese 嘉定区
Traditional Chinese 嘉定區
Postal Kahding

Jiading is a suburban district of Shanghai. It had a population of 1,471,100 in 2010.

Geography

Jiading District is located in the northwestern part of Shanghai. It stretches across 463.9 square kilometers (179.1 sq mi). It is located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) from downtown Shanghai. It is connected to downtown by the Hujia Expressway, which was the first expressway in Shanghai. It is near Shanghai's Hongqiao Airport but across town from the Pudong International Airport.

Administration

Jiading administers several towns including Jiading, Anting, Nanxiang, Huating, Xuhang, Waigang, Huangdu, Malu Town and Jiangqiao.

Subdistricts and towns

NameChinese (S)Hanyu PinyinShanghainese RomanizationPopulation (2010)[1]Area (km2)
Xincheng Road Subdistrict新成路街道Xīnchénglù Jiēdàosin zen lu ka do55,2235.14
Zhenxin Subdistrict真新街道Zhēnxīn Jiēdàotzen sin ka do106,1645.09
Jiadingzhen Subdistrict嘉定镇街道Jiādìngzhèn Jiēdàoka din tzen ka do81,8544.10
Nanxiang town南翔镇Nánxiáng Zhènneu zian tzen139,84533.31
Anting town安亭镇Āntíng Zhèneu din tzen232,50389.29
Malu town马陆镇Mǎlù Zhènmau loq tzen172,86457.16
Xuhang town徐行镇Xúháng Zhènzi raon tzen165,45239.91
Huating town华亭镇Huátíng Zhènrau din tzen46,35539.57
Waigang town外冈镇Wàigāng Zhènnga kaon tzen80,89650.95
Jiangqqiao town江桥镇jiāng qiáo Zhènkaon djio tzen256,21842.37
Jiading Industrial Zone嘉定工业区Jiādìng Gōngyèqūka din kon gniq chiu72,93378.10
Juyuan New Area Administrative Committee菊园新区管委会Yúyuán Xīnqū Guǎn Wěihuìcioq yeu sin chiu kueu we60,92418.61

Landmarks

A map of "Kia-ting-hien" from Du Halde's 1735 Description of China, based on accounts by Jesuit missionaries

Shanghai University has a campus in downtown Jiading, which is where SILC is based.

The Shanghai International Circuit is located in Jiading. Each year in April the Shanghai International Circuit holds the Chinese Grand Prix.

The Jiading Confucian Temple is one of the best conserved county-level Confucian temples in China. It has gone through several repairs in the past 800 years.

The Fahua Pagoda located in central Jiading is a tetrahedral brick-wooden pagoda with seven floors and a height of 40.85 meters (134.0 ft).

The Bamboo Carving Museum, covering bamboo carving over the past 400 years since the mid-Ming Dynasty.

Accommodation

There are numerous international hotels within the Jiading district. The most famous hotel is the Crowne Plaza Shanghai Anting. It is the first 5* International hotel in Jiading & Anting area.

Notable people

  • Yang Yongliang (b. 1980), artist
  • James S.C. Chao (b. ~1935), merchant mariner, business leader, and philanthropist. He is the founder of Foremost Group

Transportation

Metro

Jiading is currently served by two metro lines operated by Shanghai Metro:

References

  1. ↑ shi, Guo wu yuan ren kou pu cha ban gong; council, Guo jia tong ji ju ren kou he jiu ye tong ji si bian = Tabulation on the 2010 population census of the people's republic of China by township / compiled by Population census office under the state; population, Department of; statistics, employment statistics national bureau of (2012). Zhongguo 2010 nian ren kou pu cha fen xiang, zhen, jie dao zi liao (Di 1 ban. ed.). Beijing Shi: Zhongguo tong ji chu ban she. ISBN 978-7-5037-6660-2.

Further reading

  • "Jiading District". Encyclopedia of Shanghai. Shanghai Municipal Government. 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-03-02.
  • James S.C. Chao

Coordinates: 31°20′14.81″N 121°14′00.93″E / 31.3374472°N 121.2335917°E / 31.3374472; 121.2335917


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