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46-605: Huangpu , also formerly romanized Whangpoo or Whang-Po , may refer to: Huangpu District, Shanghai , China Huangpu River , in Shanghai, China Huangpu District, Guangzhou , Guangdong, China Huangpu Military Academy , in Guangzhou, China Pazhou Island , formerly known as Whampoa or Huangpu, now in Haizhu District, Guangzhou, China Huangpu, Zhongshan ,

92-413: A new district, also called Huangpu. In June 2011, the existing Huangpu District was combined with Luwan District to form a further new district, again called Huangpu. As a result of this merger, it currently has an area of 20.43 square kilometres (7.89 sq mi) and 678,670 inhabitants (as of 2010 census). Of the three previous districts that make up today's Huangpu, the pre-merger Huangpu District

138-582: A town in Zhongshan, Guangdong, China Huangpu Road Station , a station on Line 1 in Wuhan, Hubei, China See also [ edit ] Whampoa (disambiguation) , another former romanization of the same Chinese name Huangfu , a Chinese surname [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

184-536: Is currently served and/or under construction by nine metro lines operated by Shanghai Metro , metro lines and/or metro stations which are in company with "*" mean they are currently under construction: Old City of Shanghai 31°13′30″N 121°29′06″E  /  31.225°N 121.485°E  / 31.225; 121.485  ( Old City of Shanghai ) The Old City of Shanghai ( Chinese : 上海老城厢 ; pinyin : Shànghǎi Lǎo Chéngxiāng ; Shanghainese : Zånhae Lo Zenshian ), also formerly known as

230-463: Is located in central Shanghai , People's Republic of China on the left bank (i.e., west or north bank) of Huangpu River , after which the district is named. It is opposite to Pudong and is bounded by Suzhou Creek to the north. Today's Huangpu District is sometimes referred to as "new Huangpu" to distinguish it from the pre-merger Huangpu District which existed before 2000. In 2000, the pre-merger Huangpu and Nanshi districts were combined to form

276-584: Is located to the north, bounded by Suzhou Creek in the north and the Huangpu River to the east. South of the per-merger Huangpu District was Nanshi District, bounded by the Huangpu River to the east. West of Nanshi District was Luwan District, bounded by the Huangpu River to the south. Huangpu District has ten subdistricts. Note: Nanshi District and Luwan District were merged with the former Huangpu District in June 2000 and June 2011 respectively to form

322-526: Is one of the towers (pavilions) over the gate, now the Dajing Ge Pavillon museum. After the Opium War in 1842, various foreign concessions were established in Shanghai. The Old City remained under Chinese control, while the foreign concessions to its north and west quickly developed into the new urban areas of Shanghai. The Old City became known to the increasingly cosmopolitan populace as

368-651: Is the only entire CAZ(Central Activity Zone)district. The Huangpu District also has the highest housing price per square meter in Shanghai. Due to its special location, some famous companies also has their headquarters in Huangpu. For example,The headquarters of Xiaohongshu are in Huangpu District. The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Shanghai is in The Headquarters Building in Huangpu District. (Huangpu District Parts) Huangpu

414-461: Is undergoing extensive redevelopment, with the existing houses being replaced by high rise apartment buildings as well as modern constructions with traditional Chinese style facades. The boundaries of the walled city can still be traced in the form of a wide ring road built over the course of the old city wall and moat. The city wall has almost entirely been demolished, except for one tower and a short section of wall attached to it, which survived because

460-567: The Chinese city , is the traditional urban core of Shanghai . Its boundary was formerly defined by a defensive wall. The Old City was the county seat for the old county of Shanghai. With the advent of foreign concessions in Shanghai, the Old City became just one part of Shanghai's urban core, but continued for decades to be the seat of the Chinese authority in Shanghai. Notable features include

506-618: The City God Temple , which is located in the center of the Old City and is connected to the Yuyuan Garden . With the exception of two short sections, the walls were demolished in 1912, and a broad circular avenue built over the former wall and moat: the southern half was named the "Zhonghua Road" and the northern half the "Minguo Road" (together making up " Zhonghua Minguo ", or " Republic of China " in Chinese) (the northern half

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552-517: The Ming dynasty , in order to protect the town from raids by Japanese pirates . It measured 10 metres (33 ft) high and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) in circumference. In addition to the local garrison, the city was surrounded by Qing army posts at Jiangning ( Nanjing ), Jingkou ( Zhenjiang ), Hangzhou , and Zhapu . There were originally six land gates (over roads) built into the structure, and three water gates (over canals): also: 晏海門 "Gate of

598-529: The People's Republic of China government re-combined the two districts into Nanshi District. (Between 1961 and 1993, the docklands on the Pudong (eastern) side of the river was part of Nanshi District.) In 2000, Nanshi District was merged into Huangpu District , thus ending the separate existence of the Old City as an administrative division. Today the Old City contains some ancient but renovated features, such as

644-600: The Republic of China government took control, the old city was divided into the Third District (Yimiao District) and the Fourth District (Penglai District). In 1959 these were merged to form Nanshi District (with a small part of former Yimiao District merging into Luwan District). The pre-merger Huangpu District was largely located in the former Shanghai International Settlement . In the later part of

690-647: The Shanghai race course , is now the site of the Shanghai Grand Theatre , Shanghai Museum , Shanghai Art Museum , and the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall . The Shanghai Natural History Museum is also located in Huangpu District. The old Nanshi district is the old, walled city of Shanghai, and retains a number of important sights, including City God Temple and the nearby Yuyuan Garden . The old city

736-617: The Yuyuan Garden complex first created in the 1500s during the Ming dynasty , the pedestrian streets of the commercial area around the garden and the City God Temple (materials for tourists often refer to it as the Nanshi District although the area is now in the Huangpu District). The old city's circular shape is now imprinted by the surrounded large streets which occupy the space of the former walls, now Renmin Road to

782-485: The "Chinese City", or the "Southern City" to the local Chinese, whereas the concessions were called the "Northern City" (北市). Initially, only foreigners could settle in the concessions (though the concessions always had pre-existing Chinese residents), while newly arrived Chinese migrants lived in packed conditions in the Old City, which functioned as a sort of ghetto . During the Taiping Rebellion in 1853,

828-435: The "northern city" while the walled Chinese city was the "southern city". From this reference was later derived the name Nanshi ( Chinese : 南市 ; pinyin : Nánshì ; Shanghainese : Nuezî ; lit. 'Southern city'). Upon the defeat of Japan at the end of World War II , a unified municipal administration was established over urban Shanghai for the first time since the mid 19th century. In 1945, after

874-549: The 19th century and the early 20th century, this area quickly became the commercial centre of Shanghai. The International Settlement was handed back to the Chinese government in 1943. In 1945, after the Republic of China government took control, the south eastern part of the former International Settlement was divided into the First District (Huangpu District) and the Second District (Laozha District). Of these,

920-459: The Chinese were permitted to move into the foreign concessions. The Old City of Shanghai stands on the site of a relatively small settlement in ancient times, which began to develop in importance in the 12th and 13th century due to the siltration of waterways further upstream, causing dock and market activities to move from larger upstream towns to this location. In 1267, in the Song dynasty , Shanghai

966-618: The First District lay on the bank of the Huangpu River , and so was named after the river. In 1956, the two districts were merged to form a new and expanded Huangpu District . Since 1943, the Shanghai Municipal Government has always been located in Huangpu District – first at the old Shanghai Municipal Council building, then in the old HSBC Building , and presently in a purpose-built building on People's Square . The former Luwan District occupied most of

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1012-670: The North and Zhonghua Road to the South. The Old City has also been cut in the middle North to South by Henan Road. The Old City is a combination of ancient winding streets, with some modern high-rise buildings progressively encroaching on the older areas. In 2006, the Shanghai municipal government enacted the Protection Plan for the Old City Historical Cultural Scenery Area . Under the plan,

1058-482: The Old City grew. The importance of this trade function led to Shanghai being raised to county status in 1292, the Old City becoming the seat of the new county. Under the Qing, it also became the seat of the local circuit and its administration headed by an intendant ("taotai"). While the foreign concessions developed into new urban areas of Shanghai, the Old City remained the seat of the county, which nominally included

1104-555: The Old City was captured by the forces of the Small Swords Society . The Governor of Shanghai Wu Jianzhang fled to the British Concession and had to transfer control of trade to the foreigners in exchange for help in retaking the city. Recognising that a huge stream of refugees was fleeing into the foreign concessions, not only from the Chinese areas of Shanghai but also from the surrounding region, from 1854

1150-414: The Old City, was demolished starting from 2002. Part of the site has been redeveloped into a high rise hotel and residential building and multi-storey buildings, drastically changing the streetscape, while the remainder of the site is intended to be a low-rise residential area. The development has also roused controversy as it involved the demolition of a significant section of surviving city wall, as well as

1196-732: The Peaceful Sea" also: 障川門 also: 宝帯門 "Gate of the Diamond Belt" also: 小東門處跨方浜 also: 朝宗門 "Gate of Dynastic Ancestors" also: 朝陽門 "Gate of the Rising Sun" also: 跨龍門 "Gate of the Leaping Dragon" also: 西門跨肇嘉浜 also: 儀鳳門 "Gate of the Virtuous Phoenix" A protective moat surrounded the wall, 20 metres (66 ft) wide and 6 metres (20 ft) deep, which was accessed though three "Water Gates" (two in

1242-538: The Shanghai Municipal Government abolished Nanshi District entirely, merging it into Huangpu District. In 2011, the merger of Luwan District with Huangpu District was announced. On June 8, 2011, it was announced that the proposed plan of merging Luwan and Huangpu Districts had been approved by the State Council . Despite the mergers, the three previous districts which make up today's Huangpu District retain their distinct characters. The pre-merger Huangpu District

1288-633: The circular road was completed in 1913. To celebrate the founding of the Republic of China in 1912, and because the road formed the boundary between the Chinese city and the French Concession , the road was named the Boulevard des Deux Républiques (literally "Boulevard of the Two Republics"), or Fa-Hua Minguo Lu in Chinese (literally "French and Chinese Republics Road"), and often shortened to "Minguo Lu" (or "Republic Road"). In 1914,

1334-427: The current Huangpu District. Today's Huangpu District is the result of the merger of three long-standing districts of Shanghai: Nanshi, Huangpu and Luwan. Each of these have a distinct history and character. The former Nanshi District , literally "southern city", was the historical core of Shanghai. It included the old, walled city as well as the nearby docklands on both sides of the Huangpu River . Shanghai County

1380-409: The east, one in the west). In 1860 a new gate was created, the "New Northern Gate" (新北門 or 障川門). In 1909, three new gates were pierced: The Old City walls were dismantled in 1912 by General Chen Qimei , the new Governor of Shanghai. Apart from two small preserved sections, the walls were demolished in 1912, and a broad circular avenue built in the place of the wall and moat. The northern half of

1426-426: The eastern part of the former Shanghai French Concession and some nearby areas. This area was long regarded as the premier residential and high end commercial area of Shanghai. It is known for its leafy streets lined with London planes , cafes and restaurants, high end retail and historical houses. In 1945, after the Republic of China government took control, the eastern-central part of the former French Concession

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1472-477: The entirety of the Old City is protected as a Historical cultural Scenery Area. 34 streets, including Dajing Road and West Fangbang Road are specifically protected as "scenery protected laneways". However, in the same period, large scale demolition of the Old City is continuing. The Garden of the Fragrance of Dew area (the "Middle Fangbang Road-Dajing Road" protected area), almost the entire north-west quadrant of

1518-406: The foreign concessions, but in reality the county's authority extended only over the Chinese areas of the city, being the Old City, the western suburbs which is today Minhang District , and the docklands and factory areas in the northeast. (Apart from a small dockland area near the river, today's Pudong was a separate county.) In 1912, after the establishment of the Republic of China , the Old City

1564-399: The historical residences of Sun Yat-sen , Mao Zedong , Zhou Enlai , Agnes Smedley , and Mei Lanfang , among many others. Huaihai Road is the major commercial thoroughfare in this part of the city. Huangpu is the district with the highest GDP per capita(621,500 CHY, around 86,319 USD) in Shanghai as of 2023, almost doubled compared to the second place(Changning District).Huangpu District

1610-406: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Huangpu&oldid=862756139 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Huangpu District, Shanghai The Huangpu District

1656-409: The southern part of the circular road was completed, and named Zhonghua Lu (literally "China Road"). Together, the customary names of the two roads made up " Zhonghua Minguo ", or " Republic of China " in Chinese (the northern half was renamed "Renmin Road" ("People's Road") in 1950 by the new Communist government of Shanghai). Today only two very small sections remain. The more significant of these

1702-435: The tower was converted into a temple in the medieval period. The old Luwan district was a part of the old French Concession area, traditionally one of the most prestigious sections of the city. It was famous for its boulevards lined with plane trees , which had been imported over 100 years ago. Despite rampant redevelopment, the district retains a distinct character and is a tourist attraction in itself. The district included

1748-427: Was Hunan District ; "Hunan" (滬/沪南, not to be confused with Hunan province) literally meant "southern Shanghai". In 1937, the collaborationist puppet government under Japanese occupation renamed the district "Nanshi" (literally the "southern city"). In 1945, upon recovering Shanghai at the end of World War II , the Republic of China government split Nanshi district into Yimiao District and Penglai District. In 1959,

1794-646: Was divided into the Fifth District (Taishan) and the Sixth District (Lujiawan), separated by South Chongqing Road and Luban Road. Of these, the Sixth District was named after Lokawei ( Chinese : 卢家湾 ; pinyin : Lújiāwān ), "Lu's Bay", an area named after a bend on the Zhaojiabang creek. The main police depot and prison of the French concession was located here. In 1947, Taishan District

1840-659: Was established at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty . A city wall was built to repel the Wokou , and this Ming Dynasty wall defined the extent of urban Shanghai for the next few centuries. In 1842, the area north of the old city was established as the British concession in Shanghai, which later became the Shanghai International Settlement . At the time, the concession was referred to by locals as

1886-649: Was long the commercial centre of Shanghai. Along the Huangpu riverfront were located the major docks of Shanghai. Behind the docks, on the Bund , were offices of major financial institutions and trading houses. Extending from the Bund westward are several major commercial streets. These include the East Nanjing Road , popular with visitors from around the country. Fuzhou Road is the centre of bookselling in Shanghai, featuring large scale general and specialist book shops and publishers. The People's Square , previously

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1932-536: Was moved out of the Old City to near Xujiahui . In 1928, Shanghai City (the Old City) was reduced to district status under the Special Municipality. In 1930, Shanghai County became a separate parallel administrative unit to the Special Municipality, and the county government was moved out to Minhang. This was the end of the Old City's role as the seat of government of Shanghai. From 1928, the Old City

1978-437: Was officially raised to city status (Shanghai City), under Shanghai County, although the city status was revoked and restored several times in the next years due to political changes in the capital Beijing and power struggles among warlords locally. In 1927, in a bid to establish a tangible Chinese authority in Shanghai, the Republic of China government established the Special Municipality of Shanghai. The municipal government

2024-468: Was raised to township status, with a military garrison, within Huating County. In 1277, Shanghai township was chosen as the location of one of seven customs authorities across the empire to handle overseas trade; the surrounding Huating County was raised to prefecture level. The location of the customs office(which later became the office of Shanghai's county government), became a centre around which

2070-469: Was renamed "Renmin Road" ("People's Road") in 1950 by the new Communist government of Shanghai). The Old City was for decades essentially coterminous with the old Nanshi District , which is now part of Huangpu District . There may have been some sort of defensive works around the county seat of Shanghai from the 11th century. The city wall , which survived until the 20th century and parts of which remain to this day, was, however, built in 1554 during

2116-481: Was renamed "Songshan District". In 1950, Lujiawan District was renamed "Luwan District". In 1956, Songshan District was merged into Luwan District. In 1959, part of former Yimiao District was also merged into Luwan District. The district boundaries remained largely unchanged between 1959 and 1993. In 1993, the part of Nanshi east of the Huangpu River was merged into the Pudong New District. In 2000,

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