Puxi

Puxi (Chinese: 浦西; pinyin: Pǔxī, Shanghainese Phu^上-shi^平, lit "Huangpu West Bank") is the historic center of Shanghai, China, and remains the home of approximately 48% of Shanghai's residents in an area of 288 km².^[1] Puxi is distinguished from Pudong to its east, which is separated from it by the Huangpu River. Despite the growing importance of Pudong's Lujiazui area, Puxi remains Shanghai's cultural, residential and commercial center.

Administratively, Puxi consists of a number of districts including

Huangpu

.

Culture and entertainment

Puxi is, along with Pudong, the entertainment and cultural center of Shanghai.

Puxi has the most emblematic shopping centers and cultural centers. The main shopping centers (including East Nanjing Pedestrian Road, Central Huaihai Road, Qipu Road Apparel City, and

The Bund, the Shanghai Grand Theatre, and the Shanghai Museum

are all located in Puxi.

On the other hand, Pudong has the most emblematic parks and skyscrapers. For instance, the biggest park in all of Shanghai, the

Shanghai Disneyland Park is too located in Pudong. Pudong also has the tallest skyscrapers such as the Oriental Pearl Tower, the Shanghai World Financial Center and the Shanghai Tower

(the tallest skyscraper in Shanghai).

Corresponding Administrative Zones

Administrative division	Area in km²	Population 2000C	Population 2010C	Population 2020C	Pop'n density (/km² 2020)
Yangpu 杨浦区	60.55	1,243,757	1,313,222	1,242,548	20,521
Hongkou 虹口区	23.41	860,726	852,476	757,498	32,358
Jing'an 静安区	36.77	1,103,949	1,077,284	975,707	26,535
Putuo 普陀区	55.16	1,051,672	1,288,881	1,239,800	22,476
Changning (长宁区)	37.16	702,239	690,571	693,051	18,650
Huangpu (黄浦区)	20.49	903,451	678,670	662,030	32,310
Xuhui (徐汇区)	55.16	1,064,645	1,085,130	1,113,078	20,179
Puxi area	288.7'	6,930,439	6,986,234	6,683,712	23,151
Percent of Shanghai	4.55%	42.2%	30.3%	26.9%

source: https://www.citypopulation.de/en/china/shanghai/admin/

Transportation

Shanghai's older airport,

Macao, were moved to Shanghai Pudong International Airport when the latter opened in 1999. From October 2007, a limited number of international flights will commence from Hongqiao.^[2]

Almost all lines on the

6

) pass by Puxi.

Pudong and Puxi are connected by several tunnels, four

9 on the Shanghai Metro

.

The Shanghai railway station and Shanghai South railway station are also located in Puxi.