Jiading District

Jiading District
Simplified Chinese	嘉定区
Traditional Chinese	嘉定區
Postal	Kahding
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Jiādìng Qū
Wu
Shanghainese; Romanization	Ka-din Chiu

Jiading
Jiading ; 嘉定区; Kiating
	District
	Shanghai International Circuit
	Jiading in Shanghai
Country	People's Republic of China
Municipality	Shanghai
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

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.[1]

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.[2][3] In late Qing (in 1853), Jiading city [sic] was also known for bandit activities that once captured the city and then Shanghai, as a rebellion of taxation.[4]

In 2005 Jiading District government invested RMB 10 million to build the Shanghai Museum of the Imperial Examination System.[5]

Geography

Jiading District is located in the northwestern part of Shanghai. It stretches across 463.9 square kilometers (179.1 sq mi). It is located about 20 kilometers (12 mi) 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

Name	Chinese (S)	Hanyu Pinyin	Shanghainese Romanization	Population (2010)[6]	Area (km²)
Xincheng Road Subdistrict	新成路街道	Xīnchénglù Jiēdào	sin zen lu ka do	55,223	5.14
Zhenxin Subdistrict	真新街道	Zhēnxīn Jiēdào	tzen sin ka do	106,164	5.09
Jiadingzhen Subdistrict	嘉定镇街道	Jiādìngzhèn Jiēdào	ka din tzen ka do	81,854	4.10
Nanxiang town	南翔镇	Nánxiáng Zhèn	neu zian tzen	139,845	33.31
Anting town	安亭镇	Āntíng Zhèn	eu din tzen	232,503	89.29
Malu town	马陆镇	Mǎlù Zhèn	mau loq tzen	172,864	57.16
Xuhang town	徐行镇	Xúháng Zhèn	zi raon tzen	165,452	39.91
Huating town	华亭镇	Huátíng Zhèn	rau din tzen	46,355	39.57
Waigang town	外冈镇	Wàigāng Zhèn	nga kaon tzen	80,896	50.95
Jiangqiao town	江桥镇	jiāng qiáo Zhèn	kaon djio tzen	256,218	42.37
Jiading Industrial Zone	嘉定工业区	Jiādìng Gōngyèqū	ka din kon gniq chiu	72,933	78.10
Juyuan New Area Administrative Committee	菊园新区管委会	Yúyuán Xīnqū Guǎn Wěihuì	cioq yeu sin chiu kueu we	60,924	18.61

Landmarks

A map of "Kia-ting-hien" from Du Halde's 1735 Description of China, based on accounts by Jesuit missionaries

Shanghai University 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 40.85 meters (134.0 ft).

The Bamboo Carving Museum, covering bamboo carving over the past 400 years since the mid-Ming Dynasty.

Sports

Shanghai Jiading F.C. 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

Yang Yongliang (b. 1980), artist
James S.C. Chao (b. ~1935), merchant mariner, business leader, and philanthropist. He is the founder of Foremost Group.
Wellington Koo (b. ~1888), a Chinese statesman of the Republic of China.

Transportation

Metro

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

References

国务院关于上海市销嘉定县设立嘉定区的批复 (PDF). 国务院公报 (in Chinese). State Council of the People's Republic of China. 1993 (31): 1390. 1 February 1993.
Lary, Diana; MacKinnon, Stephen (November 2011). Scars of War: The Impact of Warfare on Modern China. p. 30. ISBN 9780774841986.
Struve, Lynn A. (1993). Voices from the Ming-Qing Cataclysm: China in Tigers' Jaws. p. 18. ISBN 0300075537.
Burg, David F. (2004). "Nineteenth Century". A World History of Tax Rebellions. New York City; London: Routledge (Taylor & Francis Books). p. 353. ISBN 0-415-92498-7. Retrieved 11 March 2019 – via Google book preview.
"Shanghai Museum of the Chinese Imperial Examination System". Administration of Jiading District, Shanghai. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
Census Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China; Population and Employment Statistics Division of the National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China (2012). 中国2010人口普查分乡、镇、街道资料 (1 ed.). Beijing: China Statistics Print. ISBN 978-7-5037-6660-2.

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[1] 国务院关于上海市销嘉定县设立嘉定区的批复 (PDF). 国务院公报 (in Chinese). State Council of the People's Republic of China. 1993 (31): 1390. 1 February 1993.

[2] Lary, Diana; MacKinnon, Stephen (November 2011). Scars of War: The Impact of Warfare on Modern China. p. 30. ISBN 9780774841986.

[3] Struve, Lynn A. (1993). Voices from the Ming-Qing Cataclysm: China in Tigers' Jaws. p. 18. ISBN 0300075537.

[4] Burg, David F. (2004). "Nineteenth Century". A World History of Tax Rebellions. New York City; London: Routledge (Taylor & Francis Books). p. 353. ISBN 0-415-92498-7. Retrieved 11 March 2019 – via Google book preview.

[5] "Shanghai Museum of the Chinese Imperial Examination System". Administration of Jiading District, Shanghai. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

[6] Census Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China; Population and Employment Statistics Division of the National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China (2012). 中国2010人口普查分乡、镇、街道资料 (1 ed.). Beijing: China Statistics Print. ISBN 978-7-5037-6660-2.