In the first year of the Republic of China (19 12), the Republic of China was founded in 65438+ 10. Shanghai Songjiang Prefecture and Taicang Prefecture are subordinate to Jiangsu Province, and there are 10 counties such as Shanghai, Huating (later renamed Songjiang), Jiading, Baoshan, Chuansha, Nanhui, Fengxian, Jinshan, Qingpu and Chongming.
In the 17th year of the Republic of China (1928), the National Government established the Shanghai Special City, expanded the urban area to include some parts of Shanghai and Baoshan County, and established the 17 District, while all counties in Shanghai still belonged to Jiangsu Province, and Shanghai was separated from Shanghai County from now on. Shanghai is located in Pudong in the east, Jing 'an Temple and Xujiahui in the west, Longhua in the south and Baoshan Road in the north.
1995, Shanghai has four districts including Pudong New Area, Xuhui, Changning, Putuo, Zhabei, Hongkou, Yangpu, Huangpu, Heather, Luwan, Jing 'an, Baoshan, Minhang and Jiading, and six counties including Nanhui, Fengxian, Songjiang, Jinshan, Qingpu and Chongming./kloc
It covers an area of 6,340.5 square kilometers, of which the land area is 62 18.65 square kilometers and the water area is 697 square kilometers.
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In addition, Chongming Island belongs to Shanghai, but not all Chongming Islands belong to Shanghai. A part of Chongming Island belongs to Jiangsu. Haiyong Township and Qilong Township are under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province in administrative divisions, but they are geographically integrated with Chongming Island.
Reason: Chongming was an independent sandbar in the middle of the river when it rowed Shanghai from Nantong on 1958, which was separated from Chongming Island. After that, several places were connected by sediment accumulation, and these two sandbars became a part of Chongming Island, but the administrative division was still under the control of Nantong.
Jiangsu is called Su for short, Zhejiang for short and Shanghai for short. According to the abbreviation of province, Jiangsu and Anhui were divided into Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai in the middle of Qing Dynasty, and Jiangsu was divided into Jianghuai province in the north of the Yangtze River and Jiangsu province in the south of the Yangtze River. The governor of Jiangsu Province is located in Suzhou, which governs four southern provinces 1 state. Jiang was the official abbreviation of Jiangsu Province at that time.
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