Jiading District

Jiading District
Location within Shanghai

Jiading District (simplified Chinese: 嘉定区; traditional Chinese: 嘉定區; pinyin: Jiādìng Qū) is one of the 18 districts of Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It has a population of 1,471,100 (as of 2010).

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Geography

Jiading District is located in the northwestern part of Shanghai . It stretches across 463,9 km². It is located about 20 km away from downtown Shanghai. It is connected to downtown by the Hujia expressway, which was the first expressway in Shanghai. The Jiading district is at least 20 minutes drive away from Shanghai International Hongqiao Airport.

Administration

Jiading administers several towns including Jiading, Anting, Nanxiang, Huating, Xuhang, Weigang, Huangdu, Malu Town and Jiangqiao.

Landmarks

An early 18th century French map of Jiading

Shanghai University has a campus in downtown Jiading, which is where SILC is based.

The Shanghai International Circuit is located in Jiading. Each year during the month of April the Shanghai International Circuit holds the famous Chinese Grand Prix race.

The Jiading Confucius Temple. It is one of the best conserved county-level Confucian Temple architectures in China. It has gone through several repairs in the past 800 years

The Fahua Pagoda located in central Jiading, is a tetrahedral brick-wooden pagoda with seven-floor height of 40.85 meters.

The Bamboo Carving Museum. Bamboo carving dates back to the mid-Ming Dynasty, having a history of 400 years.

Accommodation

There are numerous international hotels within the Jiading district. The Intercontinental Hotel Group will be soon opening in 2012, the first five star international hotel in Jiading : Crowne Plaza Shanghai Anting Golf

External links

Coordinates: 31°20′14.81″N 121°14′00.93″E / 31.3374472°N 121.2335917°E / 31.3374472; 121.2335917



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