Shanghai, referred to as "Shanghai" or "Shen" for short, is a provincial administrative region, municipality directly under the Central Government, national central city, megacity and core city of Shanghai metropolitan area in People's Republic of China (PRC), and is an international economic, financial, trade, shipping and scientific and technological innovation center of China approved by the State Council. As of 20 19, the city has 16 districts with a total area of 6340.5 square kilometers and a built-up area of 1237.85 square kilometers. 0: 00 June 2020 165438+ 10 1 resident population is 24.8709 million.
topography
Shanghai is a part of the alluvial plain in the Yangtze River Delta, with an average elevation of about 2. 19 meters. The highest altitude is Dajinshan Island in Hangzhou Bay, Jinshan District, with an altitude of 103.70 meters.
There are relics of tianmashan, Xue Shan and Phoenix Mountain in the west, and tianmashan is the highest point on the land, with an altitude of 99.8 meters. There is a stone tablet "the top of Sheshan". There are rock islands such as Dajinshan, Xiaojinshan, Fushan (Guishan), Sheshan Island and Xiaoyangshan Island in the sea area.