Shanghai

Shanghai is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of China. The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowing through it.... Wikipedia

• Country:  China
• Region:  East China
• Settled:  c. 4000 BCE
• Establishment of - Qinglong Town:  746
• - Huating County (Tang):  751
• - Shanghai County:  1292
• - Municipality:  7 July 1927
• Municipal seat:  Huangpu District
• Divisions - County-level - Township, level:  16 districts, 210 towns and subdistricts
• Type:  Municipality
• Body:  Shanghai Municipal People's Congress
• CCP Secretary:  Chen Jining
• Congress Chairwoman:  Huang Lixin
• Mayor:  Gong Zheng
• Municipal CPPCC Chairman:  Hu Wenrong
• National People's Congress Representation:  57 deputies
• Municipality:  26,875,500
• Rank:  1st in China
• Metro:  40,000,000
• Demonym(s):  Shanghainese
• Time zone:  CST (UTC+08:00)
• Postal code:  200000–202100
• Area code(s):  21
• ISO 3166 code:  CN-SH
• – Growth:  −0.2%
• HDI (2021):  0.880 (2nd) – very high
• License plate prefixes:  沪A, B, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, 沪C (outer suburbs only)
• Abbreviation:  SH
• City flower:  Yulan magnolia
• Languages:  Shanghainese, Standard Mandarin
• Website:  shanghai.gov.cn, en.shanghai.gov.cn
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo