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City profile · China · Asia

Huangpu

City population
504,700
#292
in China
#15
in Shanghai
#1,136
worldwide
BeijingHuangpu
31.238, 121.478 · 1,067 km from Beijing
City population
504,700
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in China
#292
of 2,091 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#1,136
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of China
0.0%
of the national population

About Huangpu

At 1,067 km from Beijing, Huangpu is a district of Shanghai with a population of 504,700. It sits 2 km from Pudong, which holds 5,681,512 residents, and 3 km from central Shanghai, the country's most populous city at 24,874,500. Among Shanghai's 35 listed districts, Huangpu ranks 15th by population.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in China
#292of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Shanghai
#15of 35
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Region
Rank in region
#15of 35
Distance to capital
to Beijing
Elevation
35 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
31.238, 121.478
Record updated
2026-03-31
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 2,091 in China

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Huangpu compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Huangpu505K

Huangpu Population FAQ

What is the population of Huangpu?

Huangpu has a city population of 504,700. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Huangpu?

Huangpu is in Shanghai, China, 1,067 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 31.238, 121.478.

How big is Huangpu compared with other cities in China?

It is the 292nd largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.0% of the national population.

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