Sheshan
Sheshan, known in Shanghainese as Zose, is a pair of hills in Songjiang District in western Shanghai, China. The two hills are distinguished as East and West Sheshan, although the more important western hill is also called Sheshan on its own.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain
- Description: mountain in People’s Republic of China
- Also known as: “Sheshan Hill” and “Zose”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Basilica of Our Lady of She Shan and Sheshan Observatory.
Basilica of Our Lady of She Shan
Church
The Basilica of Holy Mary, the Help of Christians also known as the National Shrine of Our Mother of Sheshan is a Roman Catholic Marian shrine in Shanghai, China. Basilica of Our Lady of She Shan is situated 3 km east of Sheshan.
Sheshan Observatory
Observatory
Photo: Fayhoo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sheshan Observatory is an observatory on Sheshan Hill in Shanghai. Sheshan Observatory is situated 3½ km east of Sheshan.
Qingpu Prison
Prison
Shanghai Municipal Qingpu Prison is in Qingpu District on the outskirts of Shanghai, China. Supervised under Shanghai Municipal Prison Administration, the 300-mu prison officially opened on 24 December 1994, guarded by 300 police officers. Qingpu Prison is situated 3 km northwest of Sheshan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Qingpu and Zhaoxiang.
Qingpu
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Qingpu is a district of Shanghai, a suburb on the western edge of Shanghai Municipality. Administratively, Qingpu includes the water town Zhujiajiao, a popular tourist area. We give Zhujiajiao its own article; this article covers the rest of Qingpu.
Zhaoxiang
Town
Zhaoxiang is a town in Qingpu District, Shanghai, China. As of 2020, Zhaoxiang has a population of 143350 and an area of 40.47 km2. Zhaoxiang is situated 7 km northeast of Sheshan.
Songjiang
Photo: Huai-Chun Hsu, CC BY 2.0.
Sōngjiāng is a district of Shanghai, southwest of downtown and west of Minhang. Songjiang is divided in two by the Huhang expressway. The northern part is the new town, Songjiang Xincheng.
Sheshan
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Shanghai Municipality, Shanghai, East China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“Sheshan” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “佘山”
- Chinese: “佘山国家森林公园”
- Dutch: “Sheshan Hill”
- French: “Sheshan”
- Hebrew: “ששאן”
- Indonesian: “Bukit She”
- Japanese: “佘山”
- Ladin: “Sheshan Hill”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “She Shan”
- Norwegian: “She Shan”
- Swedish: “She Shan”
- Urdu: “شی شان”
- Wu Chinese: “佘山”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Zhongjia Shan and Tianmashan Hill.
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