Chongming District

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Chongming District is a largely rural island district at the mouth of the Yangtze River, known as Shanghai’s ecological and agricultural hinterland.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Chongming Island 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf district of Shanghai
island
rural district
administrativeDivisionOf Shanghai
surface form: Shanghai Municipality
administrativeLevel district
belongsTo China
surface form: People’s Republic of China
borderedBy Jiangsu
surface form: Jiangsu Province

Shanghai urban core (across water)
composedOf Changxing Island
Chongming District self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chongming Island

Changxing Island
surface form: Hengsha Island
country China
governingBody Shanghai Municipal People’s Government
hasAreaCode 021
hasClimate humid subtropical climate
hasEnvironmentalRole wetland habitat for migratory birds
hasFunction agricultural production base for Shanghai
ecological barrier for Shanghai
hasGeographicalFeature alluvial island
hasIsland Changxing Island
Chongming Island
Changxing Island
surface form: Hengsha Island
hasLandUse agricultural land
forests
wetlands
hasMajorEconomicActivity aquaculture
crop farming
eco-tourism
hasPostalCodePrefix 202
hasProtectedArea Dongtan Wetland
surface form: Chongming Dongtan National Nature Reserve

Dongtan Wetland
hasSeat Chengqiao
hasUrbanizationLevel largely rural
knownAs Shanghai’s agricultural hinterland
Shanghai’s ecological hinterland
knownFor agriculture
ecological conservation
languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
Shanghainese
locatedAtMouthOf Yangtze River
locatedIn Yangtze River Delta
locatedInTimeZone China Standard Time
locatedNear East China Sea
partOf Shanghai
transportConnection Chongqi Bridge
Shanghai–Chongming–Jiangsu tunnel-bridge
utcOffset +8

Referenced by (3)

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Chongming District composedOf Chongming District self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Chongming Island
Yellow Sea hasIsland Chongming District
this entity surface form: Chongming Island
Shanghai hasPart Chongming District