1On September 26th, 992, the State Council decided to cancel Shanghai County and the original Minhang District, and set up a new Minhang District, taking the administrative areas of the original Shanghai County and Minhang District as the administrative areas of the new Minhang District.

Minhang District belongs to Shanghai County in history. According to the cultural relics unearthed from Maqiao ancient cultural site, the history of Shanghai County can be traced back to more than 4,000 years ago. From the Yuan Dynasty to the 29th year of Yuan Dynasty (1292), Shanghai County was established. The Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty (1488 ~ 1505) was called Minxing, and the Zheng De period of the Ming Dynasty (15 12) was called Minhang.

In the seventh year of the Republic of China (19 18), Shanghai County belonged to Jiangsu Province. During the occupation of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and Shanghai, Shanghai County belonged to the pseudo-Shanghai Special City. In the thirty-fourth year of the Republic of China (1945), after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Shanghai County was restored. 1May, 949 15, Shanghai County was liberated and successively belonged to Sunan District and Jiangsu Province. 1958 1 month, belonging to Shanghai.

1959 65438+February, the original Minhang District was established in Minhang Town and Wujing District of Shanghai County. 1June, 964, the original Minhang District was revoked, merged into Xuhui District, and changed to Minhang and Wujing Street. 1981February, restore the original Minhang district. 1On September 26th, 992, the State Council simultaneously abolished the original Minhang District and Shanghai County and merged into a new Minhang District.

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As of 20 17, Shanghai * * * has jurisdiction over 16 municipal districts, namely Huangpu District, Xuhui District, Changning District, Jing 'an District, Putuo District, Hongkou District, Yangpu District, Baoshan District, Minhang District, Jiading District, Songjiang District, Qingpu District, Fengxian District, Jinshan District, Pudong New Area and Chongming District.

1980, 198 1 year, followed by Wusong District and Minhang District. 1988, Wusong District and Baoshan County were abolished and changed to Baoshan District. 1992, Jiading county was abolished and Jiading district was established. In order to further reform and opening up, 1993 abolished Chuansha County, and its territory merged with the three towns of Shinan Huangpu, Yangpu, Pudong and Minhang Lin to establish Pudong New Area. In the same year, Shanghai County and Minhang District were abolished and a new Minhang District was established.

1995, Shanghai has four districts including Pudong New Area, Xuhui, Changning, Putuo, Zhabei, Hongkou, Yangpu, Huangpu, Heather, Luwan, Jing 'an, Baoshan, Minhang and Jiading, and six counties including Nanhui, Fengxian, Songjiang, Jinshan, Qingpu and Chongming./kloc

It covers an area of 6,340.5 square kilometers, of which the land area is 62 18.65 square kilometers and the water area is 697 square kilometers. At the end of the 20th century, Songjiang County, Qingpu County and Jinshan County were also changed into districts.

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