Xuhui District is a core urban district of

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. It has a land area of and a population of 1,113,078 as of 2020. Xuhui District has 12 subdistricts and two townships. The Xuhui District is named after its namesake, the historic area of

Xujiahui Xujiahui (, , romanized as: Zikawei, Ziccawei, or Siccawei) is a locality in Shanghai. It is a historic area of commerce and culture administratively within Xuhui District, which is named after the locality. The area is a well-known precinct for s ...

. Xujiahui was historically land owned by

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bureaucrat and scientist

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, and later donated to the

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. It and

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jointly formed the core of Catholic Shanghai, centered in the former French Concession of Shanghai. Vestiges of the French influence can still be seen in the St. Ignatius Cathedral of Shanghai, Xuhui College, the Xujiahui Observatory, and some remaining boulevards and French-style districts. Xujiahui itself has been redeveloped as a

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, with a proliferation of large-scale

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and department stores, and is now a major shopping destination in the city with shopping malls such as Grand Gateway Shanghai and Pacific Sogo.

History

Parts of today's Xuhui District were once the premier residential districts of Shanghai. The former French neighborhoods in parts of Xuhui today constitute some of the city's most popular café areas, including places such as pedestrian Tianzifang. After the revolution, however, the large estates near Xujiahui were turned into factories. In the 1990s, the Shanghai municipal government developed the district as a commercial zone. A once-prominent commercial area in the district was the Xiangyang Crafts and Gifts Market, a haven for souvenirs and

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-infringing products; it was closed on June 30, 2006, by municipal authorities.

Economy

Xujiahui itself has been redeveloped as a

, with a proliferation of large-scale

and department stores, and is now a major shopping destination in the city with shopping malls such as Grand Gateway Shanghai and Pacific Sogo.

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has its headquarters in Xuhui. Yoozoo Games is headquartered in Xuhui. Previously Web International English had its headquarters in Xuhui.

Township-level subdivisions

Xuhui District has twelve subdistricts, one town and one special township-level division.

Climate

Xuhui has a

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(

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''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Xuhui 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 .

Education

The educational tradition begun by Jesuits in Xuhui continues with

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, the premier university in China. The district also has some of the best secondary schools in the municipality, such as South West Weiyu Middle School, Shanghai High School and Nanyang Model High School. Universities #

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# Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine # Shanghai Conservatory of Music High schools # Shanghai Nanyang Model High School (上海市南洋模范中学) # (上海市南洋中学) # Shanghai Xuhui High School (上海市徐匯中學) # (上海市位育高级中学) # Shanghai Southwest Weiyu Middle School # Shanghai High School # Shanghai No. 2 High School # Shanghai No. 45 High School (上海市第五十四中学) #

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(上海师范大学附属中学) original campus

Transportation

Metro

Xuhui is currently served by seven metro lines operated by

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: * - Jinjiang Park, Shanghai South Railway Station , Caobao Road, Shanghai Indoor Stadium ,

, Hengshan Road, Changshu Road * - Shanghai South Railway Station , Shilong Road, Longcao Road, Caoxi Road, Yishan Road * - Yishan Road ,

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* - Changshu Road , Zhaojiabang Road , Dong'an Road , Middle Longhua Road * - Caohejing Hi-Tech Park, Guilin Road, Yishan Road ,

, Zhaojiabang Road , Jiashan Road * - Jiaotong University ,

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* - Longyao Road, Yunjin Road, Longhua, Shanghai Swimming Center,

Suburban Railway

Xuhui is currently served by one suburban railway operated by

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. * - Shanghai South railway station

Notable residents

A number of former residences of prominent personalities remain, including

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and

Sun Yat-sen Sun Yat-senUsually known as Sun Zhongshan () in Chinese; also known by Names of Sun Yat-sen, several other names. (; 12 November 186612 March 1925) was a Chinese physician, revolutionary, statesman, and political philosopher who founded the Republ ...

's former residence.

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of Houston Rockets was a resident of the district. Luo "Ferrari 430" Feichi lives in Xuhui.

References

External links

Xuhui District Education Bureau

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