Jiading District


Jiading is a suburban district of Shanghai. It had a population of 1,471,100 in 2010.

History

Historically Jiading was a separate municipality/town until it was under the administration of Shanghai in 1958. In 1993 it was changed from a county to a district of Shanghai.
In early Qing dynasty, which overlapped with Southern Ming, the municipality was infamously known for "Jiading Massacre", a mass murder by the invading Qing force led by defected northern Chinese bandit general Li Chengdong. In late Qing, Jiading city was also known for bandit activities that once captured the city and then Shanghai, as a rebellion of taxation.
In 2005 Jiading District government invested RMB 10 million to build the Shanghai Museum of the Imperial Examination System.

Geography

Jiading District is located in the northwestern part of Shanghai. It stretches across. It is located about from downtown Shanghai. Jiading District is connected to downtown Shanghai by the Hujia Expressway, the first expressway in China. Jiading District is near Shanghai's Hongqiao Airport but across town from the Pudong International Airport.

Administration

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

Subdistricts and towns

NameChinese Hanyu PinyinShanghainese RomanizationPopulation Area
Xincheng Road Subdistrict新成路街道Xīnchénglù Jiēdàosin zen lu ka do55,2235.14
Zhenxin Subdistrict真新街道Zhēnxīn Jiēdàotzen sin ka do106,1645.09
Jiadingzhen Subdistrict嘉定镇街道Jiādìngzhèn Jiēdàoka din tzen ka do81,8544.10
Nanxiang town南翔镇Nánxiáng Zhènneu zian tzen139,84533.31
Anting town安亭镇Āntíng Zhèneu din tzen232,50389.29
Malu town马陆镇Mǎlù Zhènmau loq tzen172,86457.16
Xuhang town徐行镇Xúháng Zhènzi raon tzen165,45239.91
Huating town华亭镇Huátíng Zhènrau din tzen46,35539.57
Waigang town外冈镇Wàigāng Zhènnga kaon tzen80,89650.95
Jiangqiao town江桥镇jiāng qiáo Zhènkaon djio tzen256,21842.37
Jiading Industrial Zone嘉定工业区Jiādìng Gōngyèqūka din kon gniq chiu72,93378.10
Juyuan New Area Administrative Committee菊园新区管委会Yúyuán Xīnqū Guǎn Wěihuìcioq yeu sin chiu kueu we60,92418.61

Landmarks

has a campus in downtown Jiading, which is where SILC is based.
The Shanghai International Circuit is located in Jiading. Each year in April the Shanghai International Circuit holds the Chinese Grand Prix.
The Jiading Confucian Temple is one of the best conserved Confucian temples in China. It has gone through several repairs in the past 800 years.
The Fahua Pagoda located in central Jiading is a tetragonal brick-wooden pagoda with seven floors and a height of.
The Bamboo Carving Museum, covering bamboo carving over the past 400 years since the mid-Ming Dynasty.

Sports

is the local football club of the district.

Accommodation

There are numerous international hotels within the Jiading district.
Among the most famous are Sheraton Shanghai Jiading Hotel and the Crowne Plaza Shanghai Anting, the latter one being the first five star international hotel in Jiading.

Notable people

Metro

Jiading is currently served by two metro lines operated by Shanghai Metro: