Minhang District is a suburban district of

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with a land area of and population of 2,429,000 residents as of 2010. The original Minhang consist of present-day Jiangchuan Road Subdistrict (Former Minhang Town) and the eastern strip of Wujing along the

Huangpu River The Huangpu (), formerly romanized as Whangpoo, is a river flowing north through Shanghai. The Bund and Lujiazui are located along the Huangpu River. The Huangpu is the biggest river in central Shanghai, with the Suzhou Creek being its maj ...

in 1992, the surrounding Shanghai County merged with Minhang. It is mostly a

residential A residential area is a land used in which housing predominates, as opposed to industrial and commercial areas. Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas. These include single-family housing, multi-family resi ...

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.

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(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.

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and

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both have campuses in the southern part of Minhang District.

Administrative divisions

Minhang administers 4 subdistricts and 9

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. Of particular note is

Qibao Qibao (; Shanghainese: Tshih4pau2) is a town in Minhang District, Shanghai. Its formation can be traced back to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, to the Northern Song Dynasty. The name comes from the local temple, " Qibao Temple". Toda ...

(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 () is a district of Shanghai. It has a land area of and had a population of 620,000 . The district government is located at 1320 Yuyuan Rd. Zhongshan Park is located in the district. Economy Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport is located ...

, and is next to the location of

Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport is one of the two international airports of Shanghai and a significant airline hub of China. Hongqiao Airport mainly serves domestic and regional flights, although the airport also serves international fl ...

, the city's older commercial airport and which is used primarily for domestic flights.

Economy

The hotel chain

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is headquartered in Minhang District. The fast food chain

Yonghe King Yonghe King () is a Chinese fast-food restaurant that specializes in noodles. The headquarters are on the fourth floor of Building B of the Rainbow Hongqiao Centre (莱茵虹桥中心) in Minhang District, Shanghai. Yonghe Dawang opened its fir ...

has its headquarters in Minhang District.

Want Want China Want Want China Holdings Ltd. is a subsidiary of Want Want Holdings Limited (Want Want; Chinese: 旺旺集團有限公司; pinyin: Wàngwàng Jítuán Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī). It is one of the largest rice cracker and flavored drink manufacturer in ...

, the milk manufacturer, has its headquarters in the district.

Education

International schools include: * British International School Puxi Campus *

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Shanghai American School Shanghai American School (SAS) is an independent, Non-profit international school located in Shanghai, China. Founded in 1912, SAS has two campuses and over 2,800 students enrolled in Pre-K through 12th grade, making it China's largest internati ...

Puxi Campus *

Shanghai Japanese School The Shanghai Japanese School (SJS) is a Japanese international school serving primary and junior high school levels in Shanghai. It has two campuses, one in Hongqiao and one in Pudong. The school's teachers are Japanese citizens.

Hongqiao Campus (elementary school) *

Shanghai Korean School The Shanghai Korean School (SKS; ko, 상해한국학교, "Shanghai South Korea School") is a South Korean international school in Huacao Town (), Minhang District, Shanghai. It serves elementary school through senior high school students. The C ...

Shanghai Singapore International School Shanghai Singapore International School () is a K-12 private, international school founded in 1996 in Shanghai, China. There are two campuses: the Minhang Campus serves preschool through senior high school and the Xuhui Campus serves preschool t ...

Minhang Campus * Dulwich College Shanghai Puxi Campus Closed: * Shanghai Rego International School

Transportation

* Public bicycle share scheme, with more than 20,000 bikes available for free use, after a registration process.Free rental bikes missing
SCMP, 22 Feb 2013 * 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

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: * - Xinzhuang Station , Waihuanlu, Lianhua Road * -

Hongqiao Railway Station Hongqiao may refer to the following locations in China: Literal meaning * Covered bridge (廊桥 or 虹桥 in Chinese), a kind of bridge which looks like a rainbow Transport * Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (上海虹桥国际机场) ...

, Hongqiao Airport Terminal 2 * - Xinzhuang Station , Chunshen Road, Yindu Road, Zhuanqiao, Beiqiao, Jianchuan Road, Dongchuan Road, Jinping Road, Huaning Road, Wenjing Road, Minhang Development Zone * - Luheng Road, Pujiang Town, Jiangyue Road, Lianhang Road, Shendu Highway * - Zhongchun Road,

, Xingzhong Road, Hechuan Road * - Hangzhong Road, Ziteng Road, Longbai Xincun /

, Hongqiao Airport Terminal 2 ( Hongqiao Airport Terminal 1 is in Changning District) *Line 17 *

Gallery

File:Replica_of_SJTU_property_stone_at_Minhang_Campus.jpg, Jiaotong University Campus File:Shanghai_Hongqiao_Railway_Station_west_side.JPG, Shanghai Hongqiao railway station File:Qibao_shanghai.JPG, Qibao Old Town File:Qibao_Temple_Buddha_Hall_Adj.jpeg, Buddhist Temple at Qibao File:Mingdu_road_at_Sky_Mall,_Minhang_.jpeg, Mingdu Road and Sky Mall at Xinzhuang File:Residential_area_Zhucheng_Road_.jpeg, Residential area in Minhang File:Zhucheng_Road,_Minhang_.jpeg, Residential compound on Zhucheng Road

Climate

Minhang has a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freez ...

(

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''Dwa''). The average annual temperature in Minhang is . The average annual rainfall is with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around .

References

External links

Minhang District Government Website

Minhang District Government Website

Shanghai Daily's Minhang Information Website
{{Shanghai Districts of Shanghai