Chongming Island

Chongming Island
Native name:
崇明岛
Buzhendock
The position of Chongming (red) within Shanghai
(Note that this map does not display Haiyong or Qilong)
Chongming Island is located in China
Chongming Island
Chongming Island
Chongming Island is located in Shanghai
Chongming Island
Chongming Island
Geography
LocationPacific Ocean
Coordinates31°40′N 121°32′E / 31.667°N 121.533°E / 31.667; 121.533
Administration
MunicipalityShanghai
Chongming
Traditional Chinese崇明島
Simplified Chinese崇明岛
Literal meaningLofty Bright Island[2]
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChóngmíng Dǎo
Wade–GilesChʻung-ming Tao

Chongming (Chinese: 崇明岛), formerly romanized as Chungming, is an alluvial island at the mouth of the Yangtze River in East China covering 1,267 square kilometers (489 sq mi) as of 2010. Together with the islands Changxing and Hengsha, it forms Chongming District, the northernmost area of the provincial-level municipality of Shanghai. At the time of the 2010 Chinese census, its population was 660,000.

A 20-kilometer-long (12 mi) stretch of the north shore of the island is not part of Chongming District of Shanghai but are instead two pene-exclaves of Jiangsu, formed by the connection of Chongming to the formerly-separate island of Yonglongsha.

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  2. ^ Actually named for Chongming, an early settlement on the former island of Xisha that was named for its placement on relatively high and clear ground.[1]