Jiading District

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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 474,100 (as of 2001).

Contents 1 Geography 2 Administration 3 Landmarks 4 External links

[edit] Geography

Jiading District has an area of 458.8 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.

[edit] Administration

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

[edit] Landmarks

Shanghai University has a campus in downtown Jiading, which is where SILC is based.

The Shanghai International Circuit is located in Jiading.

There is a pagoda in central Jiading.

[edit] External links

• Jiading Government portal

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