Huangpu District, Shanghai - Location

Location

Huangpu is located in central Shanghai, People's Republic of China on the left bank (i.e. west or north bank) of Huangpu river, after which the district is named. It is opposite to Pudong and is bounded by Suzhou Creek to the north.

Today's Huangpu District is sometimes referred to as "new Huangpu" to distinguish it from the pre-merger Huangpu District which existed before 2000. In 2000, the pre-merger Huangpu and Nanshi districts were combined to form a new district, also called Huangpu. In June 2011, the existing Huangpu District was combined with Luwan District to form a further new district, again called Huangpu. As a result of this merger, it currently has an area of 20.43 km² and 678,670 inhabitants (as of 2010 census).

Of the three previous districts that make up today's Huangpu, the pre-merger Huangpu is located to the north, bounded by Suzhou Creek in the north and the Huangpu River to the east. South of the per-merger Huangpu district was Nanshi District, bounded by the Huangpu River to the east. West of Nanshi District was Luwan District, bounded by the Huangpu River to the south.