Jiading is a suburban district of

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

. As of the

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, it had a population of 1,834,258.

History

Jiading was historically a separate polity from Shanghai until it came under the administration of Shanghai in 1958. In 1993, Jiading's designation was changed from a

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to a

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within Shanghai. During the early

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, which overlapped with the

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, the municipality was infamous for the "Jiading Massacre" carried out by invading Qing forces led by the general , who had defected from the bandits. Jiading was also known for banditry: in a 1853 rebellion caused by taxation, bandits captured the city and then Shanghai. In 2005, the Jiading district government invested to build the Shanghai Museum of the Imperial Examination System.

Geography

Jiading district is located in the northwestern part of Shanghai. It stretches across . It is located about from downtown Shanghai.

Climate

Jiading has a

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(

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Cfa). The average annual temperature in Jiading 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 .

Administration

Jiading District administers several subdistricts towns, including Jiading,

Anting Anting () is a town in Jiading District, Shanghai, bordering Kunshan, Jiangsu to the west. It has 96,000 inhabitants and, after the July 2009 merger of Huangdu (), an area of .

, Nanxiang, Huating, Xuhang, Waigang, Huangdu, Malu and Jiangqiao.

Subdistricts and towns

Landmarks

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

Shanghai International Circuit The Shanghai International Circuit (), also called the SAIC Shanghai International Circuit () for sponsorship purposes, is a motorsport race track, situated in the Jiading District, Shanghai, China. The circuit is best known as the venue for the ...

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

Economy

The hotel company

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has its headquarters in Jiading.
Chinese address
"中国上海市嘉定区丰华路1299弄"

Sports

Shanghai Jiading F.C. is the district's local soccer club.

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 (born 1980), artist * James S. C. Chao (born ), merchant mariner, business leader, and philanthropist *

Wellington Koo Koo Vi Kyuin (; January 29, 1888 – November 14, 1985), better known as V. K. Wellington Koo, was a Chinese diplomat, politician, and statesman of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China. Born in Shanghai, Koo studied at Colum ...

(born ), a Chinese statesman of the

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Transportation

Highways

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 Pudong International Airport.

Metro

Jiading is currently served by three metro lines operated by

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: * - Nanxiang, Malu, Jiading Xincheng, Baiyin Road, West Jiading, North Jiading / Shanghai Circuit, East Changji Road, Shanghai Automobile City,