Shanghai

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Shanghai

Total population

24,870,895

Air quality index

99Moderate

Coordinates31.23°, 121.47°

Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics of China. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Shanghai is a provincial-level direct-administered municipality in China. It has a population of 30,050,000 in the urban area as of 2026, thus making it China's most populous city and more broadly the fifth-largest city in the world by population. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River bisecting the city.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

G

Guo Sheng

Chinese football player

An Wang

American businessman (1920–1990)

Wan Gang

Chinese retired politician

R

Rupprecht Gerngroß

German lawyer (1915–1996)

Edmond H. Fischer

American biochemist (1920–2021)

E

Edward Judd

British actor (1932-2009)

Zhu Guanghu

Chinese football manager

S

Shen Jun

Chinese footballer

Z

Zhu Lin

Chinese badminton player

J. G. Ballard

British novelist (1930–2009)

Rita Fan

Hong Kong politician

Thierry Jordan

French Roman Catholic archbishop

Tsung-Dao Lee

Chinese-American physicist (1926–2024)

Z

Zhang Ailing

Chinese badminton player

Eileen Chang

Chinese-born American essayist, novelist, and screenwriter (1920–1995)

Z

Zhang Deying

Chinese table tennis player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Shanghai

• Al Mohalab
  3924.2 mi away
• Al Doob
  3924.4 mi away
• Dibba Al Hisn
  3924.4 mi away
• Northern District
  3924.8 mi away
• Al Seeh
  3924.9 mi away
• Zubarah
  3924.9 mi away
• Lulayyah
  3925.2 mi away
• Al Khaledya
  3925.9 mi away
• Al Rifa'a
  3926.5 mi away
• Al Mudaifi
  3926.6 mi away
• Al Burdi
  3926.8 mi away
• Al Hayawah
  3926.8 mi away

Browse all places in Shanghai →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Shanghai

Shanghai girls

Lisa See · 2009

Life and death in Shanghai

Nien Cheng · 1986

上海寶貝

Wei Hui · 2000

shanghai.shanghai.shanghai

Alex Kuo · 2015

Shanghai

Marco Paoluzzo · 2000

Hotel Shangai

Vicki Baum · 1939

shanghai.shanghai.shanghai (The Pashou Edition)

Alex Kuo · 2015

Shanghai Shanghai

Hainan Deng · 2013

Search results from Open Library.

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Shanghai, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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