Jiading District





District in Shanghai, People's Republic of China



















Jiading
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嘉定区

District

Shanghai International Circuit
Shanghai International Circuit


Jiading in Shanghai
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.




Contents






  • 1 Geography


  • 2 Administration


    • 2.1 Subdistricts and towns




  • 3 Landmarks


  • 4 Accommodation


  • 5 Notable people


  • 6 Transportation


    • 6.1 Metro




  • 7 References


  • 8 Further reading


  • 9 External links





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. Jiading District is connected to downtown Shanghai by the Hujia Expressway, the first expressway in China. Jiading District 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












































































































Name
Chinese (S)
Hanyu Pinyin Shanghainese Romanization Population (2010)[1]
Area (km2)
Xincheng Road Subdistrict 新成路街道 Xīnchénglù Jiēdào sin zen lu ka do 55,223 5.14
Zhenxin Subdistrict 真新街道 Zhēnxīn Jiēdào tzen sin ka do 106,164 5.09
Jiadingzhen Subdistrict 嘉定镇街道 Jiādìngzhèn Jiēdào ka din tzen ka do 81,854 4.10

Nanxiang town
南翔镇 Nánxiáng Zhèn neu zian tzen 139,845 33.31

Anting town
安亭镇 Āntíng Zhèn eu din tzen 232,503 89.29

Malu town
马陆镇 Mǎlù Zhèn mau loq tzen 172,864 57.16

Xuhang town
徐行镇 Xúháng Zhèn zi raon tzen 165,452 39.91

Huating town
华亭镇 Huátíng Zhèn rau din tzen 46,355 39.57

Waigang town
外冈镇 Wàigāng Zhèn nga kaon tzen 80,896 50.95

Jiangqiao town
江桥镇 jiāng qiáo Zhèn kaon djio tzen 256,218 42.37
Jiading Industrial Zone 嘉定工业区 Jiādìng Gōngyèqū ka din kon gniq chiu 72,933 78.10

Juyuan New Area Administrative Committee
菊园新区管委会 Yúyuán Xīnqū Guǎn Wěihuì cioq yeu sin chiu kueu we 60,924 18.61


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 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.
Among the most famous are Sheraton Shanghai Jiading Hotel and the Crowne Plaza Shanghai Anting, the latter one being the first five star international hotel in Jiading.



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


  • Wellington Koo (b. ~1888), a Chinese statesman of the Republic of China.



Transportation



Metro


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




  •      Line 11 - Nanxiang, Malu, Jiading Xincheng, Baiyin Road, West Jiading, North Jiading / Shanghai Circuit, East Changji Road, Shanghai Automobile City, Anting


  •      Line 13 - Jinyun Road, West Jinshajiang Road, Fengzhuang



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..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}




Further reading




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

  • James S.C. Chao



External links








  • Jiading Government portal

  • Crowne Plaza Shanghai Anting Golf



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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