Songjiang, Shanghai
Songjiang
松江区 | |
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Songjiang in Shanghai | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Municipality | Shanghai |
| Area | |
• Total | 605.64 km2 (233.84 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,909,713 |
| • Density | 3,200/km2 (8,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Songjiang, Shanghai | |||||||||
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Songjiang Square Pagoda, first built between 1068 and 1077 and restored in 1980 as Fangta Park, one of the first reassertions of traditional Chinese architecture after the Cultural Revolution | |||||||||
| Songjiang District | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 松江區 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 松江区 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Pine River District | ||||||||
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| Songjiang County | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 松江縣 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 松江县 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Pine River County | ||||||||
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| Songjiang Prefecture | |||||||||
| Chinese | 松江府 | ||||||||
| Postal | Sungkiang Sungkiang Foo | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Pine River Prefecture | ||||||||
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| Huating County | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 華亭縣 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 华亭县 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Ornate Pavilian County | ||||||||
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Songjiang is a suburban district (formerly a county) of Shanghai. It has a land area of 605.64 km2 (233.84 sq mi) and a population of 1,909,713 (2020). Owing to a long history, Songjiang is known as the cultural root of Shanghai.
Songjiang Town, the urban center of the district, was formerly the major city in the area. It is now connected to downtown Shanghai by Line 9 of the Shanghai Metro.