Chongming

Chongming is a region of Shanghai Municipality consisting of three islands; from largest to smallest: Chongming Island, Changxing Island and Hengsha Island.
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  • Type: City with 300,000 residents
  • Description: District
  • Also known as: “Ch’ung-ming Hsien”, “Chongming County”, “Chongming District”, and “Chongming, Shanghai”

Chongming

Latitude
31.62555° or 31° 37′ 32″ north
Longitude
121.39271° or 121° 23′ 34″ east
Population
300,000
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
8Q33J9GV+63
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3900123502
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1814912
Wiki­data ID
Q788812
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Yue Chinese—“Chongming” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Chongming Konderria”
  • Basque: “Chongming”
  • Cebuano: “Chongming Xian”
  • Chinese: “Chông-bêng-khu”
  • Chinese: “Chóngmíng Qū”
  • Chinese: “崇明”
  • Chinese: “崇明区”
  • Chinese: “崇明區”
  • Chinese: “崇明县”
  • Chinese: “崇明縣”
  • Czech: “Čchung-ming”
  • Danish: “Chongming”
  • Dutch: “Chongming”
  • French: “Chongming”
  • Gan Chinese: “崇明区”
  • German: “Chongming”
  • Hebrew: “צ’ונגמינג”
  • Italian: “Chongming”
  • Japanese: “崇明区”
  • Korean: “충밍구”
  • Literary Chinese: “崇明區”
  • Lithuanian: “Čongmingas (rajonas)”
  • Lithuanian: “Čongmingas”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Sùng-mìng-kṳ̆”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chông-bêng-khu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chongming”
  • Norwegian: “Chongming”
  • Persian: “منطقه چونگمینگ”
  • Persian: “ناحیه چونگمینگ”
  • Polish: “Chongming”
  • Portuguese: “Chongming”
  • Russian: “Чунмин”
  • Slovenian: “Čongming”
  • Spanish: “Chongming”
  • Swedish: “Chongming”
  • Turkish: “Chongming”
  • Ukrainian: “Чунмін”
  • Urdu: “چونگمنگ ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Sùng Minh”
  • Welsh: “Ardal Chongming”
  • Wu Chinese: “崇明区”
  • Wu Chinese: “崇明县”
  • Yue Chinese: “崇明區”

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