Minhang District is a suburban district of Shanghai with a land area of 371.57 km2 (143.46 sq mi) and population of 2,653,489 residents as of 2020.[1] The original Minhang consist of present-day Jiangchuan Road Subdistrict (Former Minhang Town[2]) and the eastern strip of Wujing along the Huangpu River in 1992, the surrounding Shanghai County merged with Minhang.
It is mostly a residential district, though it is also home to some of the many factories and production facilities in Shanghai. Residential housing development is the main source of local government revenue. Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena (旗忠森林体育城) is located in Ma Qiao Town (马桥镇). The Aerospace Museum is being constructed at Pujiang Town.
The hotel chain Huazhu Hotels Group is headquartered in Minhang District.[4][5] The fast food chain Yonghe King has its headquarters in Minhang District.[6]Want Want China, the milk manufacturer, has its headquarters in the district.[7]
Public bicycle share scheme, with more than 20,000 bikes available for free use, after a registration process.[14][15]
Luheng Road Comprehensive Passenger Transport Hub Project Luheng Road Comprehensive Passenger Transport Hub, located at Puxing Road NO. 569 Minhang District, is taking up a land of 27,612 square meters and connected to Metro Line 8 at Luheng Road Stop. It is one of the two Park and Ride testing Transportation Hubs in Shanghai, boasting departure and terminal stops of 6 bus lines connecting to downtown Shanghai and 500 parking spaces. Commuters can save the expensive parking fee in the downtown area and park their cars here and transfer to the Metro or bus lines for work. The project was started in 2011 and the hub has been put into use in 2016.
Metro
Minhang is currently served by six metro lines operated by Shanghai Metro:
Minhang has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classificationCfa). The average annual temperature in Minhang is 16.5 °C (61.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,180.7 mm (46.48 in) with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 28.8 °C (83.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around 4.9 °C (40.8 °F).
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^"Company Profile" (). Huazhu. Retrieved on June 7, 2022. "No. 699, Wuzhong Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, China"
^"Contact Us" (). Huazhu. Retrieved on June 7, 2022. "No. 699, Wuzhong Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, China"
^"联系我们." Yonghe King. Retrieved on September 19, 2013. "永和大王总公司 地址:上海市合川路3051号莱茵虹桥中心B栋4楼" Archived February 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
^"Contact material Archived 2014-04-13 at the Wayback Machine." Want Want China. Retrieved on April 11, 2014. "Want Want China Holdings Limited(Shanghai Headquarter) Add:No.1088,East Hong Song Road, Shanghai, PRC" - Simplified Chinese Archived 2014-04-13 at the Wayback Machine: "中国旺旺控股有限公司(上海总部) 地址:上海市红松东路 1088 号" - Traditional Chinese : " 中國旺旺控股有限公司(上海總部) 地址:上海市紅松東路1088號 郵編: 201103 "
^Home page. Shanghai American School. Retrieved on February 19, 2014. "Puxi Campus 258 Jinfeng Road Huacao Town, Minhang Dist. Shanghai, China 201107 6221-1445" and "Pudong Campus Shanghai Links Executive Community 1600 Lingbai Road Sanjiagang, Pudong Shanghai, China 201201 6221-1445" "Shanghai American School". Archived from the original on April 24, 2010. Retrieved 2005-06-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^"Shanghai Japanese School HongQiao Campus." Shanghai Japanese School. Retrieved on February 18, 2014. "上海日本人学校 虹橋校�〒201103 上海市閔行区虹梅路3185号" Archived March 3, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
^"Contact Us" (Archive). Shanghai Singapore International School. Retrieved on July 31, 2013. "MinHang Campus (Preschool / Primary / Secondary/ High School)
301, Zhu Jian Road, MinHang District, Shanghai PRC 201106"
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