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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).
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, Waigang, Huangdu, Malu Town and Jiangqiao.
Landmarks
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 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.
Notable references
- Yang Yongliang, (born 1980), artist
External links
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