Shangai
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Shanghai 上海市 |
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| Shanghai Municipality | |
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| Etymology: 上海浦 (Shànghăi Pǔ) "The original name of the Huangpu River." |
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.svg) Location of Shanghai Municipality in China |
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| Coordinates: 31°13′43″N 121°28′29″E / 31.22861°N 121.47472°ECoordinates: 31°13′43″N 121°28′29″E / 31.22861°N 121.47472°E | |
| Country |
 China
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| Settled | c. 4000 BC |
| Establishment of - Qinglong Town |
746 |
| - Shanghai County | 1291 |
| - Municipality | 7 July 1927 |
| Divisions - County-level - Township- level |
16 districts 210 towns and subdistricts |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Party Secretary | Li Qiang |
| • Mayor | Ying Yong |
| • Congress Chairman | Yin Yicui |
| • Conference Chairman | Wu Zhiming |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 6,341 km2 (2,448 sq mi) |
| • Water | 697 km2 (269 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 4 m (13 ft) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Municipality | 24.3 million |
| • Rank | 1st in China |
| • Metro (2010) | 34 million |
| Demonym(s) | Shanghainese |
| Time zone | CST (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 200000–202100 |
| Area code(s) | 21 |
| Nominal GDP | 2016 |
| - Total |
¥2.75 trillion $414 billion (11th) |
| - Per capita |
¥113,719 $17,125 (3rd) |
| - Growth |
 6.8% |
| HDI (2014) | 0.852 (4th) – very high |
| Licence plate prefixes | 沪A, 沪B, 沪D-沪H, 沪J-沪N 沪C (outer suburbs) |
| Abbreviation | SH / 沪 (hù) |
| City flower | Yulan magnolia |
| Languages | Shanghainese, Mandarin |
| Website | www |
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"Shanghai" in regular Chinese characters
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| Hanyu Pinyin |  Shànghǎi |
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| Wu | Zaan22 he44 |
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| Literal meaning | "Upon-the-Sea" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Shànghǎi |
| Bopomofo | ㄕㄤˋ ㄏㄞˇ |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh | Shanqhae |
| Wade–Giles | Shang4-hai3 |
| IPA | [ʂâŋ.xài] |
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| Romanization | Zaan22 he44 |
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Shanghainese Romanization |
Zånhae |
| Hakka | |
| Romanization | Sông-hói |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Seuhnghói |
| IPA | [sœ̀ːŋ.hɔ̌ːy] |
| Jyutping | Soeng6hoi2 |
| Southern Min | |
| Hokkien POJ | Siōng-hái |
| Eastern Min | |
| Fuzhou BUC | Siông-hāi |
Shanghai (Chinese: 上海; Mandarin pronunciation: [ʂâŋ.xài] ( listen); Wu pronunciation) is one of the four direct-controlled municipalities of China and the most populous city proper in the world, with a population of more than 24 million as of 2014[update]. It is a global financial centre and transport hub, with the world's busiest container port. Located in the Yangtze River Delta, it sits on the south edge of the estuary of the Yangtze in the middle portion of the East China coast. The municipality borders the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the north, south and west, and is bounded to the east by the East China Sea.
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