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- For the district in Zhejiang province, see Putuo District, Zhoushan.
Putuo District (simplified Chinese: 普陀区; traditional Chinese: 普陀區; pinyin: Pǔtuó Qū) of Shanghai has a land area of 54.83 km² and a population over 1 million. Often dubbed the "third-world" of Shanghai. The streets are crowded, and traffic conditions are in great need of improvement, and old apartments, unlike in other districts, continue to house large numbers of people, including an increasing migrant population from the countryside. The Shanghai West Train Station is in Putuo District.
