Minhang District is a suburban district of

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with a land area of and population of 2,653,489 residents as of 2020. The original Minhang consist of present-day Jiangchuan Road Subdistrict (Former Minhang Town) and the eastern strip of Wujing along the

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

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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. Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena (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". ...

(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

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, and is next to the location of

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

Economy

The hotel chain Huazhu Hotels Group is headquartered in Minhang District. The fast food chain Yonghe King has its headquarters in Minhang District. Want Want China, the milk manufacturer, has its headquarters in the district.

Education

International schools include: * British International School Puxi Campus * Nord Anglia Chinese International School *

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Campus * Shanghai Japanese School Hongqiao Campus (elementary school) * Shanghai Korean School * Shanghai Singapore International School Minhang Campus *

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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 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 Railway Station , Hongqiao Airport Terminal 2 ( Hongqiao Airport Terminal 1 is in Changning District) * - Hongqiao Railway Station * - Shendu Highway , Sanlu Highway, Minrui Road, Puhang Road, Dongchengyi Road, Huizhen Road

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 Old Street 5.jpg, Qibao Old Street 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 subtropical climate (

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''Cfa''). 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 National Civilized City