Zhabei

Zhabei
闸北
District of China
1945–2015

Location of Zhabei on Shanghai.
Area 
• 
29.26 km2 (11.30 sq mi)
History 
• Established
1945
• Disestablished
04 11 2015
Succeeded by
Jing'an District
Today part ofPart of the Jing'an District, Shanghai
Zhabei
Simplified Chinese闸北
Traditional Chinese閘北
WuZahpoh
Postal200070

Zhabei, formerly romanized as Chapei, is a neighborhood and a former district of Shanghai with a land area of 29.26 km2 (11.30 sq mi) and a resident population of 847,300 as of 2013. It is the location of the Shanghai railway station, one of the main railway stations of Shanghai. On November 4, 2015, Zhabei was merged into the smaller but more central Jing'an District.[1]

Historically, the district has been highly populated with working class residents. However, due to the shift in the structure of industries and increasing number of immigrants from outside Shanghai, partly due to its reasonable real estate price (compared to its counterparts such as Putuo and Hongkou), the district has become increasingly appealing to city residents.

A cityscape of buildings of various heights, seen from above, gradually disappearing into a haze in the background
Lower Zhabei from Oriental Pearl Tower
  1. ^ 上海闸北区、静安区正式合并 成立新静安区. thepaper.cn. November 4, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.

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