Huangpu

View across the Huangpu River to Huangpu

"People's Square" in Huangpu

Huangpu ( Chinese 黃浦區 / 黄浦区 , Pinyin Huángpǔ Qū ) is one of the eight "inner" districts of the government- direct city of Shanghai in the People's Republic of China .

After annexing the former Luwan district , Huangpu has an area of 20.46 square kilometers (including 0.5 square kilometers of water) and a population of 947,075 (2003). The population density is 47,449 inhabitants per square kilometer.

Huangpu is a southern downtown district of Shanghai located on the left bank of the Huangpu River . In the north, Huangpu is bounded by the Suzhou Creek. The district is sometimes called "New Huangpu" and was formed on June 13, 2000 through the amalgamation of the old Huangpu District with the then dissolved Nanshi District.

Huangpu is home to the Bund , Nanjing Lu , “People's Square” ( Renmin Guangchang ) and the Shanghai Museum, some of the most important tourist attractions in Shanghai.

Administrative structure

At the community level, Huangpu is made up of ten street districts. These are:

Waitan street district (外滩街道), seat of government of the borough;

Bansongyuan Lu Street District (半淞园路街道);

Dapuqiao Street District (打浦桥街道);

Huaihai Zhonglu Street District (淮海中路街道);

Laoximen street district (老西门街道);

Nanjing Donglu Street District (南京东路街道);

Ruijin Erlu Street District (瑞金二路街道);

Wuliqiao Street District (五里桥街道);

Xiaodongmen Street (小东门街道);

Road neighborhood Yuyuan (豫园街道).

Web links

Commons : Huangpu District - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

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Huangpu

Administrative structure

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