Jiading District

"Jiading" redirects here. For other uses, see Jiading (disambiguation).

Jiading 嘉定区
District
Shanghai International Circuit
Jiading in Shanghai Jiading in Shanghai
Country	China
Region	Shanghai
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

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

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 kilometres (12 mi) from downtown Shanghai. It is connected to downtown by the Hujia Expressway, which was the first expressway in Shanghai. It 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

Further information: List of township-level divisions of Shanghai

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

Landmarks

File:Du Halde, map of Jiading.jpg

An early 18th-century French map of Kia-ting Hien (Jiading proper)

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 county-level Confucian temples 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 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.

Accommodation

There are numerous international hotels within the Jiading district. The most famous hotel is the Crowne Plaza Shanghai Anting. It is the first 5* International hotel in Jiading & Anting area.

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

Transportation

Metro

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

• - Nanxiang, Malu, Jiading Xincheng, Baiyin Road, West Jiading, North Jiading / Shanghai Circuit, East Changji Road, Shanghai Automobile City, Anting
• - Jinyun Road, West Jinshajiang Road, Fengzhuang

Further reading

• James S.C. Chao

External links

• Jiading Government portal
• Crowne Plaza Shanghai Anting Golf