Geographic Location and Natural Condition
Administrative Divisions
In 1949, Shanghai was divided into 20 urban districts and 10 suburban
districts. By the end of 2008 Shanghai had 18 districts and 1 county. There were
109 towns, 3 townships,101 subdistrict committees, 3,579 neighborhood committees
and 1,781 villagers’committees in the city.
District/County Area (sqkm) District/County
Area (sqkm)
Pudong New Area 532.75
Baoshan District 270.99
Huangpu District
12.41 Minhang District 370.75
Luwan
District 8.05
Jiading District 464.20
Xuhui
District 54.76
Jinshan District 586.05
Changning District
38.30 Songjiang District 605.64
Jing'an
District 7.62 Qingpu
District 670.14
Putuo
District 54.83
Nanhui District 677.66
Zhabei
District 29.26 Fengxian
District 687.39
Hongkou District
23.48 Chongming County 1,185.49
Yangpu
District 60.73
(Note: The Merging of Nanhui District into Pudong New Area was announced
in May 2009.)