Huangpu River
The Huangpu, formerly romanized as Whangpoo, is a 113 km-long river flowing north through Shanghai, into the Yangtze estuary. The Bund and Lujiazui are located along the Huangpu River.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Stream mouth
- Description: Major tributary of the Yangtze flowing through central Shanghai, now the municipality’s largest river after floods during the Yuan and Ming dynasties
- Also known as: “Chunshen Jiang”, “Hoang-pu”, “Hoang-pu River”, “Hoangpu”, “Hoangpu Fluvius”, “Hoangpu River”, “Huang Poo”, “Huang Pu”, “Huang-p’u Chiang”, “Huang-poo”, “Huangpoo”, “Huangpu Rivier”, “Hwang Poo”, “Hwang Pu”, “Hwangpoo”, “Hwangpoo River”, “Hwangpu”, “Hwangpu-kiang”, “Pu Jiang”, “Pujiang”, “Shen Jiang”, “Shenjiang”, “Wang-pu”, “Wangpoo River”, “Whangpoo”, “Whangpoo River”, “Wongpu”, “Wu-sung K’ou”, “Wusong Kou”, “Хуанпуцзян”, “חואנגפו (נהר)”, “春申江”, “浦江”, and “申江”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Shanghai Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal and Shuichan Road.
Shanghai Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal
Wharf
Shuichan Road
Metro station
Songbin Road
Metro station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Youyilu and Baoshan.
Gaoqiao
Town
Gaoqiao is a town in Pudong New Area in Shanghai, China. Gaoqiao is situated 8 km southeast of Huangpu River.
Huangpu River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Shanghai, East China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
31.39127° or 31° 23′ 29″ north
Longitude
121.5128° or 121° 30′ 46″ east
Open location code
8Q339GR7+G4
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Yue Chinese—“Huangpu River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Huangpu”
- Basque: “Huangpu ibaia”
- Belarusian: “Хуанпу”
- Bengali: “হুয়াংফু নদী”
- Catalan: “Huangpu”
- Catalan: “riu Huangpu”
- Cebuano: “Huangpu Jiang”
- Chinese: “黃浦江”
- Chinese: “黄浦江”
- Czech: “Chuang-pchu-ťiang”
- Danish: “Huangpu-floden”
- Dutch: “Huangpu Jiang”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر هوانجپو”
- French: “Huangpu”
- German: “Huangpu Jiang”
- Hebrew: “חואנגפו”
- Hungarian: “Huangpu-folyó”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Huangpu”
- Irish: “Abhainn Huangpu”
- Italian: “Huangpu”
- Japanese: “黄浦江”
- Javanese: “Kali Huangpu”
- Korean: “황푸강”
- Literary Chinese: “黃浦江”
- Lithuanian: “Huangpu”
- Macedonian: “Хуангпу”
- Malay: “Sungai Huangpu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Huangpu”
- Norwegian: “Huangpu”
- Polish: “Huangpu Jiang”
- Portuguese: “Rio Huangpu”
- Romanian: “Râul Huangpu”
- Russian: “Хуанпу”
- Serbian: “Хуангпу”
- South Azerbaijani: “هوانقپو چایی”
- Spanish: “río Huangpu”
- Spanish: “Río Huangpu”
- Swedish: “Huangpufloden”
- Tajik: “Дарёи Ҳуангпу”
- Tajik: “Ҳуангпу”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำหวงผู่”
- Turkish: “Huangpu Irmağı”
- Ukrainian: “Хуанпу”
- Urdu: “دریائے ہوانگپو”
- Venetian: “Fiume Huangpu”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Hoàng Phố”
- Welsh: “Afon Huangpu”
- Wu Chinese: “黄浦江”
- Yue Chinese: “黃浦江”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Sancha Gangcun and Haibin Xincun.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Paotaiwan Shazui and Linjiang Gongyuan.
Shanghai: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: French Concession and Pudong.
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