Hongkou

Hongkou is on the northeast side of . The district is most known for Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai University's campus and Lu Xun Park.
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  • Type: City with 800,000 residents
  • Description: district of Shanghai, China
  • Also known as: “Hongkou District”, “Hongkou, Shanghai”, “Hung-k’ou Ch’ü”, “Hung-k’ou Shih-ch’ü”, and “Hungkow District”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tilanqiao Prison and Shanghai Jewish Refugee Museum.

Prison
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The , formerly known as the Ward Road Gaol or Shanghai Municipal Gaol, is a prison located in . It was originally built in the foreign-controlled Shanghai International Settlement.

Museum
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The Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum is a museum commemorating the Jewish refugees who lived in after fleeing Europe to escape Nazi persecution.

Metro station
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is a station on Shanghai Metro Line 4. Service began at this station on 31 December 2005. The station has 3 tracks, one island platform, and one side platform.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yangpu and Pinglianglu.

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is one of the districts that comprise the city centre of . It is located northeast of the downtown core and is predominantly made up of residential communities.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Hongkou

Latitude
31.26644° or 31° 15′ 59″ north
Longitude
121.50078° or 121° 30′ 3″ east
Population
800,000
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
8Q337G82+H8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244080559
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1808089
Wiki­data ID
Q661364
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Yue Chinese—“Hongkou” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Hongkou Barrutia”
  • Basque: “Hongkou”
  • Catalan: “Hongkou”
  • Cebuano: “Hongkou Qu”
  • Chinese: “Hông-kháu-khu”
  • Chinese: “Hóngkǒu Qū”
  • Chinese: “虹口”
  • Chinese: “虹口区”
  • Chinese: “虹口區”
  • Czech: “Chung-kchou”
  • Dutch: “Hongkou”
  • French: “district de Hongkou”
  • French: “District de Hongkou”
  • French: “Hongkou”
  • Gan Chinese: “虹口区”
  • German: “Hongkou”
  • Hebrew: “חונגקואו”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Hongkou”
  • Italian: “Hongkou”
  • Japanese: “虹口区”
  • Korean: “훙커우구”
  • Lithuanian: “Hongkou”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Hùng-kāu-kṳ̆”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hông-kháu-khu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hongkou”
  • Norwegian: “Hongkou”
  • Portuguese: “Hongkou”
  • Romanian: “Districtul Hongkou”
  • Russian: “Хункоу”
  • Slovenian: “Hongku”
  • Spanish: “Hongkou”
  • Swedish: “Hongkou”
  • Turkish: “Hongkou”
  • Ukrainian: “Район Хункоу”
  • Urdu: “ہونگکؤ ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Hồng Khẩu”
  • Wu Chinese: “虹口区”
  • Yue Chinese: “虹口區”

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