City
Shanghai
China
What guided this image
- Landmarks
- Bund; Yu Garden; Huangpu River; French Concession; Suzhou Creek and the Huangpu River; lower Yangtze delta flora; Ming Dynasty
- Viewpoint
- Favor the classic viewpoint looking across the landscape toward the signature landmarks of Shanghai, showing regional foliage and foreground textures, the iconic architectural monuments in the middle-ground, and the distant horizon fading in the background.
- Palette
- Green should be the predominant color, especially in London plane trees along the Bund and French Concession, weeping willows, and bamboo at Yu Garden.
Population24,874,500Wikidata: 23,390,000
Coordinates31.22°N, 121.46°E
Elevation4 m
Area6,341 km²
Time zoneAsia/ShanghaiUTC+8
Solar noon11:54clock runs 0.1 h behind the sun
Through the Earth
Dig straight through the Earth from Shanghai and you surface nearest to Los Charrúas, Argentina — 34 km from the exact antipodal point.
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| Xuhui | CN | 2 km |
| Pudong | CN | 4 km |
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| Putuo | CN | 7 km |
| Minhang | CN | 15 km |
| Baoshan | CN | 21 km |
| Jiading | CN | 28 km |
| Songjiang | CN | 31 km |
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