about shanghai

上海位于北纬31度14分，东经121度29分，地处太平洋西岸，亚洲大陆东沿，长江三角洲前缘.至2005年末，上海有18个区、1个县，共108个镇，3个乡，103个街道办事处，3437个居民委员会. 20世纪90年代以来，上海相继建成了一批享誉国内外的功能性建筑，构成了迷人的都市风景线.

Shanghai is situated at 31'14' north latitude and 121'29' east longitude. Bordering on Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces on the west, Shanghai is washed by the East China Sea on the east and Hangzhou Bay on the south. North of the city, the Yangtze River pours into the East China Sea. It also assumes the central location along China's coastal line. Thanks to its advantageous geographic location, Shanghai has today become an excellent sea and river port, boasting easy accesses to a vast hinterland.
In early years after the Liberation, Shanghai was divided into 20 urban districts and 10 suburban districts. By the end of 2005 Shanghai had 18 districts and 1 county. There were 114 towns, 3 townships, 103 subdistrict committees, 3,365 neighborhood committees and 1,920 villagers' committees in the city.