Shanghai Administrative Divisions
Shanghai is administratively equal to a province and is divided into sections at the county level 19, 18 districts and a county. There is no single center in Shanghai, the urban core is scattered across several districts. The main business areas include Lujiazui Central on the east bank of Huangpu River and the Bund and Hongqiao areas in the west bank of the Huangpu River. The town hall and main administrative units of the Huangpu District, also known as a commercial area, including the famous Nanjing Road. Other important areas include the elegant Xintiandi and Huaihai Road in Luwan district and Xujiahui in Xuhui commercial. Many universities in Shanghai in the residential areas of Yangpu and Putuo District.
Nine of the Shanghai districts govern Puxi (literally Huangpu River west ), or the older part of urban Shanghai on the west bank of the Huangpu River. These nine districts are collectively referred to as Shanghai Proper (上海市区) or the core city (市中心):
Huangpu District ( simplified Chinese : 黄浦区 ; traditional Chinese : 黃浦區 ; pinyin : Huángpǔ Qū)
Luwan District (卢湾区 Lúwān Qū)
Xuhui District (徐汇区 Xúhuì Qū)
Changning District(长宁区 Chángníng Qū)
Jing’an District (静安区 Jìng’ān Qū)
Putuo District (普陀区 Pǔtuó Qū)
Zhabei District (闸北区 Zháběi Qū)
Hongkou District(虹口区 Hóngkǒu Qū)
Yangpu District (杨浦区 Yángpǔ Qū)
Pudong (literally Huangpu River east ), or the newer part of urban and suburban Shanghai on the east bank of the Huangpu River , is governed by:
Pudong New District (浦东新区 Pǔdōng Xīn Qū) — Chuansha County until 1992
Eight of the districts govern suburbs, satellite towns, and rural areas further away from the urban core:
Baoshan District (宝山区 Bǎoshān Qū) — Baoshan County until 1988
Minhang District (闵行区 Mǐnháng Qū) — Shanghai County until 1992
Jiading District (嘉定区 Jiādìng Qū) — Jiading County until 1992
Jinshan District (金山区 Jīnshān Qū) — Jinshan County until 1997
Songjiang District (松江区 Sōngjiāng Qū) — Songjiang County until 1998
Qingpu District(青浦区 Qīngpǔ Qū) — Qingpu County until 1999
Nanhui District (南汇区 Nánhuì Qū) — Nanhui County until 2001
Fengxian District (奉贤区 Fèngxián Qū) — Fengxian County until 2001
Chongming Island, an island at the mouth of the Yangtze, is governed by:
Chongming County (崇明县 Chóngmíng Xiàn)
As of 2003, these county-level divisions are further divided into the following 220 township-level divisions : 114 towns , 3 townships , 103 subdistricts . Those are in turn divided into the following village-level divisions : 3,393 neighborhood committees and 2,037 village committees.
