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    "longitude": 121.469167
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    {
      "id": "cptond",
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---

# Shanghai

Shanghai is a provincial-level division (municipality) of the People's Republic of China, with administrative division code 310000.

## Administrative status

Shanghai is a provincial-level division of the People's Republic of China[^mca2023].

## Subdivisions

16 county-level or higher divisions[^mca2023]:

- [Huangpu District](/en/places/huangpu-310101.html) (district, 310101)
- [Xuhui District](/en/places/xuhui-310104.html) (district, 310104)
- [Changning District](/en/places/changning-310105.html) (district, 310105)
- [Jing'an District](/en/places/jing-an-310106.html) (district, 310106)
- [Putuo District](/en/places/putuo-310107.html) (district, 310107)
- [Hongkou](/en/places/hongkou-310109.html) (district, 310109)
- [Yangpu District](/en/places/yangpu-310110.html) (district, 310110)
- [Minhang District](/en/places/minhang-310112.html) (district, 310112)
- [Baoshan District](/en/places/baoshan-310113.html) (district, 310113)
- [Jiading](/en/places/jiading-310114.html) (district, 310114)
- [Pudong](/en/places/pudong-310115.html) (district, 310115)
- [Jinshan District](/en/places/jinshan-310116.html) (district, 310116)
- [Songjiang](/en/places/songjiang-310117.html) (district, 310117)
- [Qingpu](/en/places/qingpu-310118.html) (district, 310118)
- [Fengxian District](/en/places/fengxian-310120.html) (district, 310120)
- [Chongming District](/en/places/chongming-310151.html) (district, 310151)

## Basic facts

- Administrative division code: 310000[^mca2023]
- Area: 6,341 km²[^wikidata]
- Population: 24.87 million (2020)[^wikidata]

## History

- 751: established[^wikidata].
- 1949: replaced Shang-hai[^wikidata].

## Metro

Metro lines[^cptond]:

- [Line 1 (Shanghai Metro)](/en/concepts/shanghai-metro-line-1.html)
- [Line 2 (Shanghai Metro)](/en/concepts/shanghai-metro-line-2.html)
- [Line 3 (Shanghai Metro)](/en/concepts/shanghai-metro-line-3.html)
- [Line 4 (Shanghai Metro)](/en/concepts/shanghai-metro-line-4.html)
- [Line 5 (Shanghai Metro)](/en/concepts/shanghai-metro-line-5.html)
- [Line 6 (Shanghai Metro)](/en/concepts/shanghai-metro-line-6.html)
- [Line 7 (Shanghai Metro)](/en/concepts/shanghai-metro-line-7.html)
- [Line 8 (Shanghai Metro)](/en/concepts/shanghai-metro-line-8.html)
- [Line 9 (Shanghai Metro)](/en/concepts/shanghai-metro-line-9.html)
- [Line 10 (Shanghai Metro)](/en/concepts/shanghai-metro-line-10.html)
- [Line 11 (Shanghai Metro)](/en/concepts/shanghai-metro-line-11.html)
- [Line 12 (Shanghai Metro)](/en/concepts/shanghai-metro-line-12.html)
- [Line 13 (Shanghai Metro)](/en/concepts/shanghai-metro-line-13.html)
- [Line 14 (Shanghai Metro)](/en/concepts/shanghai-metro-line-14.html)
- [Line 15 (Shanghai Metro)](/en/concepts/shanghai-metro-line-15.html)
- [Line 16 (Shanghai Metro)](/en/concepts/shanghai-metro-line-16.html)
- [Line 17 (Shanghai Metro)](/en/concepts/shanghai-metro-line-17.html)
- [Line 18 (Shanghai Metro)](/en/concepts/shanghai-metro-line-18.html)
- [Pujiang Line](/en/concepts/shanghai-metro-line-guidaojiaotongpujiangxian.html)

更新时间：2026-10-25

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## 来源

- 2023年中华人民共和国县以上行政区划代码（民政部）：https://www.mca.gov.cn/mzsj/xzqh/2023/202301xzqh.html 代码 310000 上海市
- Wikidata Q8686：https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8686 
- Shanghai (Wikipedia)：https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai 
- 上海市（维基百科）：https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E5%B8%82 
- CPTOND-2025 — Wang, Liang 等 (CC BY 4.0)：https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.29377427.v2