Fengjing
Fengjing
枫泾镇 | |
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Location (shown in red) in Jinshan District (shown in yellow) within Shanghai | |
| Coordinates: 30°53′28″N 121°00′47″E / 30.891°N 121.013°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Municipality | Shanghai |
| District | Jinshan |
| Area | |
• Total | 91.7 km2 (35.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
• Total | 63,400 |
| • Density | 690/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
Fengjing (simplified Chinese: 枫泾; traditional Chinese: 楓涇; pinyin: Fēngjīng) is a town in Jinshan District, Shanghai. An ancient water town, it also has a new town with a Canadian theme and an industrial zone. It is a centre for Jinshan peasant painting.
Fengjing has an area of 91.7 km2 (35.4 sq mi), and had a registered population of 63,400 in 2008. It lies next to the G60 Shanghai–Kunming Expressway and China National Highway 320. Fengjing's railway stations are Fengjing station, on the Shanghai-Kunming Railway, and Jinshan North station on the Shanghai-Hangzhou High-Speed Railway, which opened in 2010.