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Geographic Location
2005-06-02 23:20:21

Situated within 120°53' to 121°17' east longitude and 305°9' to 31°16' north latitude, Qingpu District lies in the west suburbs of Shanghai, lower reaches of Taihu Lake and upper reaches of Huangpu River. It adjoins Minhang District in the east, borders on Songjiang District, Jinshan District and Jiashan County of Zhejiang Province in the south, joins the two cities of Wujiang and Kunshan of Jiangsu Province in the west, and connects with Jiading District in the north. It shapes like a flying butterfly with broad wing areas in the east and west but narrow area in the center. It has smooth terrain and higher groundwater level. With Qingpu Town as its center, it has crisscrossed rivers and streams in the east part and grouped lakes and pounds in the west part, thus providing natural advantages in inland navigation which allows cargo ships of 50 to 300 tons pass easily. So it forms the key water transportation passages for Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. As to land transportation it has state-owned highway No. 318 running through the whole district from east to west, Hu-Ning expressway in the north, Hu-Hang expressway in the south, the state-owned Tong-San highway running through the east part from northeast to southwest, and Hu-Qing-Ping expressway running parallel to No. 318 highway. They provide such a swift land transportation that Qingpu has become the west portal of Shanghai leading to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces.