Minhang District is a suburban district of Shanghai with a land area of and population of 2,653,489 residents as of 2020. The original Minhang consist of present-day Jiangchuan Road Subdistrict (Former Minhang Town) 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 (æÂÂ忠森æÂÂä½Âè²åÂÂ) is located in Ma Qiao Town (马桥éÂÂ). The Aerospace Museum is being constructed at Pujiang Town.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University and East China Normal University both have campuses in the southern part of Minhang District.
Minhang administers 4 subdistricts and 9 towns.
Of particular note is Qibao (ä¸Âå®Â), a tourist attraction in the northern part of the district, and Maqiao, which hosted the Shanghai ATP Masters tennis tournament and is the site of the Neolithic Ruins of Maqiao. The town of Hongqiao also overlaps with Hongqiao Subdistrict in Changning District, and is next to the location of Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, the city's older commercial airport and which is used primarily for domestic flights.
The hotel chain Huazhu Hotels Group is headquartered in Minhang District. The fast food chain Yonghe King has its headquarters in Minhang District. Want Want China, the milk manufacturer, has its headquarters in the district.
Experimental schools:
International schools include:
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Minhang is currently served by six metro lines operated by Shanghai Metro:
Minhang has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Minhang is . The average annual rainfall is with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around .