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Shanghai

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Not to be confused withSangai.
TheLujiazui skyline in Shanghai
The location of Shanghai in China

Shanghai (Chinese:上海,Shanghainese pronunciation: [zɑ̃.hɛ](listenⓘ);Mandarin pronunciation:[ʂâŋ.xài](listenⓘ)) is the biggestcity inChina and one of theworld's largest cities. It had about 24,000,000 people in 2017. It is a specialprovince-level city in China ("municipality"), likeBeijing,Tianjin, andChongqing.

Name

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Shanghai inChinese writing
Further information:Chinese language

TheMandarin Chinese name of Shanghai isShànghǎi,[a] which is written as上海 inChinese characters. This name means "On-the-Sea" because Shanghai used to be next to theEast China Sea. Today,dirt from theYangtze River has madePudong much bigger anddowntown Shanghai is about40 kilometers (25 mi) from the open sea. The city has become so big, though, that itsgovernment now controls other areas like Pudong andFengxian that are still beside the sea.

Shanghai's name is a little simpler than most other Chinese cities' names, because it was a smallfishingvillage for a long time. Theshort way to say its name in Chinese is stillHù[a] (沪). A hu was an old kind of fishingtrap that was made withbamboo andnets. The people around Shanghai used to use them to catch fish andcrabs inSuzhou Creek and other waterways.

Geography

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Shanghai from space(2016)

Shanghai is at the mouth of theYangtze River, where it meets theEast China Sea in the middle ofChina's eastcoast. Downtown Shanghai is located just south of the place whereSuzhou Creek meets theHuangpu River. This is about20 kilometers (12 mi) southwest of where the Huangpu meets the Yangtze River. The area between downtown and the Yangtze used to befarmland and other cities likeWusong andBaoshan, but now Shanghai is so big that they are part of it.

History

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The "Bloody Saturday" photo of a baby crying in theSouth Railway Station after the Japanese bombing of Shanghai(1937)

For most ofChina'shistory, Shanghai was a smallfishingvillage. The big cities nearby wereSuzhou andHangzhou. Under theMing andQing, Shanghai had a big city wall and started to grow.

Under the Ming and the Qing, people from other countries could only buy and sell things with China on an island nearGuangzhou. TheBritish effectively controlled Shanghai from the mid 19th century until World War II. Parts of Shanghai were controlled by theUK, theUS, andFrance. This control was ended by theJapanese duringWorld War II.

TheChinese Communist Party was founded in Shanghai.

Landmarks

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TheSWFC andJinmao,Shanghai, andOriental Pearl Towers
Main article:Famous places in Shanghai

Shanghai attracts many tourists each year. Its landmarks include:

Amusement parks

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Shanghai Disneyland Park,Happy Valley,Jinjiang Amusement Park

Commercial Centers

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Huamu,Lujiazui,Wujiaochang,Xintiandi,Xujiahui,Zhenru

Culture venues

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Hongkou Football Stadium,Pudong Football Stadium,Shanghai Library,Shanghai Grand Theater,Tianzifang arts, crafts, and folklore

Guyi Garden,Yu Garden

Shanghai Science and Technology Museum,China Art Museum,Shanghai Natural Museum,

Sheshan,Shanghai Ocean Aquarium,Shanghai Wildlife Park

Sightseeing locations

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East Nanjing Road,People's Square,Site of the First CPC National Congress,The Bund,Zhujiajiao

City God Temple of Shanghai,Confucian Temple of Shanghai,Jing'an Temple,Jade Buddha Temple,Longhua Temple,Zhenru Temple

Shanghai World Financial Center,Oriental Pearl Tower,Shanghai Tower,Jinmao Tower

Business

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Shanghai is home to theChina Stock Exchange, along withShenzhen, and is the financial center of China.

Sister Cities

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Related pages

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Notes

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  1. 12These marks show thetones of theChinese words, which are important in saying them correctly.

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