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Shanghai Municipality:
Population & Density by Administrative District: 1998

District Population Land Area (Square Kilometers) Land Area (Square Miles) Population per Square Kilometer Population per Square Mile Population: 1982
Huangpu 249,100 4.53 1.75 54,868 142,343  
Nanshi 446,900 7.87 3.04 56,785 147,007  
Luwan 368,000 8.05 3.11 45,714 118,328  
Xuhui 847,900 54.73 21.13 15,484 40,128  
Changning 610,700 38.28 14.78 15,945 41,319  
Jing'an 373,100 7.61 2.94 48,963 126,905  
Putuo 834,500 54.78 21.15 15,220 39,456  
Zhabei 686,500 29.24 11.29 23,462 60,806  
Hongkou 799,700 23.47 9.06 34,059 88,267  
Yangpu 1,080,300 60.68 23.43 17,789 46,108  
Core 6,296,700 289.25 111.68 328,289 56,382 6,320,829
             
Pudong New Area 1,561,800 522.30 201.66 2,990 7,745 663,675
Minhang 593,400 371.28 143.35 1,598 4,140 587,652
Boashan 740,900 424.27 163.81 1,746 4,523 436,277
Jiading 474,100 458.61 177.07 1,034 2,677 521,255
Jinshan 536,900 585.68 226.13 917 2,374 498,292
Songjiang 490,300 604.09 233.24 812 2,102 478,249
Nanhui 694,900 686.82 265.18 1,012 2,620 657,504
Fengxian 514,400 687.18 265.32 749 1,939 507,451
Quingpu 455,700 674.59 260.46 676 1,750 433,035
Chongming 694,600 1040.58 401.77 668 1,729 755,481
Outside Core 6,757,000 6055.39 2,337.99 1,116 2,890 5,538,871
             
Municipality of Shanghai 13,053,700 6,344.65 2,449.67 2,057 5,329 11,859,700
 
Data from Municipality of Shanghai website

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