Jing’an
Jing'an is a district in downtown Shanghai. It is named after the historic Jing'an Temple, and its transport hub is the Jing'an Temple metro station. Other than a few temples and Chairman Mao's former house, there are few sights in Jing'an but if you are looking for shopping and eating or want to admire skyscrapers, then this is a prime area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: City with 1,000,000 residents
- Description: district of Shanghai, China
- Also known as: “Ching-an Ch’ü”, “Chingan District”, “Jing’an district”, “Jing’an District”, and “Jing’an, Shanghai”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jing’an Temple and Jing’an Park.
Jing’an Temple
Buddhist temple
Jing'an Temple is an esoteric Tangmi Buddhist temple on West Nanjing Road in Shanghai.
Jing’an Park
Park
Photo: USMC Archives, CC BY 2.0.
Jing'an Park is a park located at the Western section of Nanjing Road, just opposite the Jing'an Temple in Shanghai, China. It occupies the site of the former Bubbling Well Road Cemetery.
Westgate Mall (Shanghai)
Shopping center
Photo: MNXANL, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Westgate Mall (Shanghai) is a shopping center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include French Concession and Changning.
French Concession
Photo: 韩笃一, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The French Concession is the area of Shanghai that the French government administered from 1849 until 1946. The tree-lined avenues and the many fine old houses in the area still retain an air of the "Paris of the East".
Changning
Photo: Andrewssi2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Changning is a district on the west side of Shanghai, largely residential but with attractions such as the Shanghai Zoo and several large shopping malls.
Jing’an
- Categories: district of China and locality
- Location: Shanghai Municipality, Shanghai, East China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.22952° or 31° 13′ 46″ northLongitude
121.44278° or 121° 26′ 34″ eastPopulation
1,000,000Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
8Q336CHV+R4OpenStreetMap ID
node 244080865OpenStreetMap feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
1805695Wikidata ID
Q660789
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Yue Chinese—“Jing’an” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Jing’an Barrutia”
- Cebuano: “Jing’an Qu”
- Chinese: “Chēng-an-khu”
- Chinese: “Jìng’ān Qū”
- Chinese: “静安”
- Chinese: “静安区”
- Chinese: “靜安”
- Chinese: “靜安區”
- Czech: “Ťing-an”
- Dutch: “Jing’an”
- French: “district de Jing’an”
- French: “District de Jing’an”
- French: “Jing’an”
- Gan Chinese: “静安区”
- German: “Jing’an”
- German: “Jing´an”
- Hebrew: “ג’ינג-אן”
- Hebrew: “שאנגחאי/ג’ינג-אן”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Jing’an”
- Italian: “Distretto di Jing’an”
- Japanese: “静安区”
- Korean: “징안구”
- Lithuanian: “Dzinganas”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Cêng-ăng-kṳ̆”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Chēng-an-khu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jing’an”
- Norwegian: “Jing’an”
- Portuguese: “Jing’an”
- Romanian: “Districtul Jing’an”
- Russian: “Цзинъань”
- Spanish: “Jing’an”
- Swedish: “Jing’an, Shanghai”
- Swedish: “Jing’an”
- Turkish: “Jing’an”
- Ukrainian: “Район Цзінань”
- Urdu: “جنگآن ضلع”
- Vietnamese: “Tĩnh An, Thượng Hải”
- Vietnamese: “Tĩnh An”
- Welsh: “Ardal Jing’an”
- Wu Chinese: “静安区”
- Yue Chinese: “靜安區”
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