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]
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).
Climate data for Minhang District (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
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^"Contact Us" (). Huazhu. Retrieved on June 7, 2022. "No. 699, Wuzhong Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, China"
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