Minhang District
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Key facts
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Municipality
- Shanghai
- Total
- 371.7 km (143.5 sq mi)
- Density
- 7,139/km (18,490/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+8 ( China Standard )
- Area code
- 021
- Website
- www .shmh .gov .cn
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Logo of Minhang District Minhang District is a suburban district of Shanghai with a land area of 371.57 km (143.46 sq mi) and population of 2,653,489 residents as of 2020. The original Minhang consist of present-day Jiangchuan Road Subdistrict (Former Minhang Town) and the eastern strip of Wujing along the Huangpu River in 1992, the surrounding Shanghai County merged with Minhang.
It is mostly a residential district, though it is also home to some of the many factories and production facilities in Shanghai. Residential housing development is the main source of local government revenue. Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena (旗忠森林体育城) is located in Maqiao Town (马桥镇). The Aerospace Museum is being constructed at Pujiang Town.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Minhang District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.