Hengsha Island

Hengsha
The position of Hengsha (red) within Shanghai
(Note that this map does not display the enclaves of Jiangsu on Chongming)
Hengsha Island
Traditional Chinese橫沙島
Simplified Chinese横沙岛
Literal meaningHeng Sands Island
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHéngshā Dǎo
Hengsha Township
Traditional Chinese橫沙鄉
Simplified Chinese横沙乡
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHéngshā Xiāng

Hengsha (横沙岛, Shanghainese: Waan So Tau) is a low-lying alluvial island at the mouth of the Yangtze River in eastern China. Together with the islands of Chongming and Changxing, it forms Chongming District, the northernmost area of the provincial-level municipality of Shanghai. Its population was 33,400 in 2008.