How far is Hekou Town, Rudong County, Nantong from Shanghai?

Shanghai, referred to as "Shanghai" or "Shen" for short, is a provincial administrative region, municipality directly under the Central Government, national central city, megacity and core city of Shanghai metropolitan area in People's Republic of China (PRC), and is an international economic, financial, trade, shipping and scientific and technological innovation center of China approved by the State Council.

As of 202 1, the city has 16 districts with a total area of 6340.5 square kilometers. At the end of 20021,the permanent population of the city was 24,894,300.

Shanghai is located between east longitude120 52'-12212' and north latitude 30 40'-3153'. [25] is located in the east of China, the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, the eastern edge of the Asian continent and the front of the Yangtze River Delta. East China Sea, Hangzhou Bay in the south, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in the west and the Yangtze River estuary in the north.

Shanghai has a subtropical monsoon climate with four distinct seasons. The average altitude in Shanghai is 2. 19 meters, and Dajinshan Island is the highest point in Shanghai, with an altitude of 103.7 meters. Shanghai's river network mainly includes Huangpu River, the main road flowing through the urban area, and its tributaries Suzhou River, Chuanyang River and Dianpu River.

Shanghai is a national historical and cultural city. About 6000 years ago, what is now western Shanghai became land. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Shanghai was the fief of Chun, so Shanghai was nicknamed Shen.

In the Jin Dynasty, because fishermen created the fishing tool Hu, the place where the river flowed into the sea was called Hu, so the lower reaches of Songjiang River was called Hu, and later it was changed to Shanghai, so Shanghai was called Shanghai for short.