Shanghai is located at120 51'-12212' east longitude and 30 40'-3153' north latitude, on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, along the east coast of the Asian continent and at the center of the north and south coasts of China. It borders the Yangtze River in the north, the East China Sea in the east, Hangzhou Bay in the south and Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in the west. It is a part of the alluvial plain in the Yangtze River Delta, with an average height of about 4 meters above sea level.

The general trend of land topography is low and slightly inclined from east to west. Dianmao depression in the western Dianshan Lake area is the lowest, with an altitude of only 2 ~ 3 meters; In the areas on both sides of the Huangpu River east of Sijing, Tinglin and Jinwei, it is a disc-edge highland with an altitude of about 4 meters. The area east of Qingongtang in Pudong is a coastal plain, with an altitude of 4-5 meters. There are remnants of tianmashan, Xue Shan and Fenghuang Mountain in the west, and tianmashan is the highest point on the land, with an altitude of 98.2 meters. There are rock islands such as Dajinshan, Xiaojinshan, Fushan (Turtle Mountain) and Sheshan in the sea area.

The altitude of Dajinshan103.4m is the highest point in Shanghai. The city covers a total area of 6,340.5 square kilometers, with the maximum distance from east to west of about100km and the maximum distance from north to south of about120km. The land coastline is about172km long. In the north of Shanghai, where the Yangtze River enters the sea, there are three islands: Chongming, Changxing and Hengsha. Chongming Island, the third largest island in China, is formed by alluvial sediment carried by the Yangtze River, with an area of 104 1.2 1 km2 and an altitude of 3.5m ~ 4.5m.. Changxing Island covers an area of 88.54 square kilometers, and hengsha island covers an area of 55.74 square kilometers. ?

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Shanghai, referred to as "Shanghai" or "Shen" for short, is the birthplace of China's Communist Party, a municipality directly under the Central Government of the People's Republic of China, a national central city, a megacity, a core city of Shanghai, Hangzhou, Ningbo and Greater Bay Area, an international economic, financial, trade, shipping and scientific and technological innovation center, and the first batch of coastal open cities. Located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, Shanghai is the leading city in the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the core city of G60 Science and Technology Corridor. It faces Kyushu Island across the East China Sea, Hangzhou Bay in the south and Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in the north and west.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Shanghai was the fief of Huang Xie, the king of Chunshen in Chu, so it was also called Shen. During the Jin Dynasty in the 4th and 5th centuries, because fishermen created fishing tools "Hu", the place where the river flows into the sea was called "blasphemy", so the downstream area of Songjiang was called "Hu", and later it was changed to "Shanghai", so Shanghai was called "Shanghai" for short. Huating County was established in the Tang Dynasty. Shanghai is a famous historical and cultural city in China. The culture of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Wuyue and the industrial culture introduced from the west are combined to form a unique Shanghai culture. /kloc-after 0/843, Shanghai became a commercial port open to the outside world and rapidly developed into the largest city in the Far East.

Shanghai covers a total area of 6340 square kilometers, governs 16 municipal districts, and has a subtropical humid monsoon climate. Shanghai's GDP ranks first in China and second in Asia, second only to Tokyo. Shanghai is a world-famous financial center and one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world. Shanghai was rated as a first-tier city in the world by GaWC. Shanghai's total household deposits and per capita household deposits rank second in the country. In 20 17, the total number of high-tech enterprises in Shanghai reached 7,642, ranking first in Forbes' list of the best commercial cities in Chinese mainland in 20 17.

The container throughput of Shanghai Port ranks first in the world, and it has the first China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone in Chinese mainland. Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are isomorphic to form the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, which is one of the six largest urban agglomerations in the world.

Reference: Shanghai-Baidu Encyclopedia