Shanghainese people

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Shanghainese people (Chinese: 上海人; pinyin: Shànghǎirén; Shanghainese: Zaanhe-nyin [zɑ̃̀hɛ́.ɲɪ̀ɲ]) are an ethnic group of Shanghai Hukou descent or people who have ancestral roots from Shanghai. Most Shanghainese are descended from immigrants from nearby provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu. According to 1990 census, 85% of Shanghainese people trace their ancestry to Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Only a minority are Shanghai natives, those with ancestral roots in Shanghai.

The

The term "Shanghainese" may thus apply to several different groups of varying exclusivity.

The term Shanghainese may also refer more broadly to people from areas of the Jiangnan cultural region in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.^[5] Additionally a great number of people from Shanghai itself have ancestry in these adjacent regions.^{[citation needed]}

Shanghainese diaspora

Although Shanghai was long a cosmopolitan city as one of

More recently, appreciable numbers of Shanghainese have migrated to other countries. There is a significant Shanghainese community in Sydney, especially in the suburbs of Ashfield, Burwood and Epping. Less-prominent communities exist in the Chinatowns of other large metropolitan areas such as New York and San Francisco in the United States, as well as Toronto and Vancouver in Canada.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Shanghailanders
• Han Chinese
• Haipai
• Demographics of Shanghai
• List of modern scientists from Shanghai

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