Shanghai

: Alternate meanings: See Shanghai (disambiguation)

Administrative divisions

Shanghai is divided into 19 county-level divisions: 18 districts and 1 county.

Related Topics:
County-level divisions - District - County

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Nine of the districts govern "Puxi", or the older part of urban and suburban Shanghai on the west bank of the Huangpu River:

Related Topics:
Puxi - Huangpu River

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• Huangpu District (Simplified Chinese: 黄浦区; Hanyu Pinyin: Huángpǔ Qū)
• Luwan District (卢湾区 Lúwān Qū)
• Xuhui District (徐汇区 Xúhuì Qū)
• Changning District (长宁区 Chángníng Qū)
• Jing'an District (静安区 Jìng'ān Qū)
• Putuo District (普陀区 Pǔtuó Qū)
• Zhabei District (闸北区 Zháběi Qū)
• Hongkou District (虹口区 Hóngkǒu Qū)
• Yangpu District (杨浦区 Yángpǔ Qū)

"Pudong", or the newer part of urban and suburban Shanghai on the east bank of the Huangpu River, is governed by:

Related Topics:
Pudong - Huangpu River

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• Pudong New District (浦东新区 Pǔdōng Xīn Qū) — Chuansha County until 1992

Eight of the districts govern suburbs, satellite towns, and rural areas further away from the urban core:

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• Baoshan District (宝山区 Bǎoshān Qū) — Baoshan County until 1988
• Minhang District (闵行区 Mǐnháng Qū) — Shanghai County until 1992
• Jiading District (嘉定区 Jiādìng Qū) — Jiading County until 1992
• Jinshan District (金山区 Jīnshān Qū) — Jinshan County until 1997
• Songjiang District (松江区 Sōngjiāng Qū) — Songjiang County until 1998
• Qingpu District (青浦区 Qīngpǔ Qū) — Qingpu County until 1999
• Nanhui District (南汇区 Nánhuì Qū) — Nanhui County until 2001
• Fengxian District (奉贤区 Fèngxián Qū) — Fengxian County until 2001

Chongming Island, an island at the mouth of the Yangtze, is governed by:

Related Topics:
Chongming - Yangtze

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• Chongming County (崇明县 Chóngmíng Xiàn)

As of 2003, these county-level divisions are further divided into the following 220 township-level divisions: 114 towns, 3 townships, 103 subdistricts. Those are in turn divided into the following village-level divisions: 3,393 neighborhood committees and 2,037 village committees.

Related Topics:
Township-level divisions - Town - Township - Subdistrict - Village-level divisions - Neighborhood committee - Village committee

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List of towns:

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• Anting, Jiading District
• Huamu, Pudong New District
• Pengpu, Zhabei District
• Beicai, Pudong New District
• Qibao, Minhang District