Shanghai is a provincial-level direct-administered municipality in China. It has a population of 30,050,000 in the urban area as of 2026, thus making it China's most populous city and more broadly the fifth-largest city in the world by population. The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River bisecting the city.
- Country
- People's Republic of China, Republic of China, Wang Jingwei regime, Reformed Government of the Republic of China
- Inception
- 751, 1292, July 7, 1927
- Website
- https://shanghai.gov.cn, https://english.shanghai.gov.cn/nw46669/index.html
