Xuhui, Shanghai

Xuhui, Shanghai
Xuhui, Shanghai
Simplified Chinese	徐汇区
Traditional Chinese	徐匯區
Wugniu	zi2 we6 chiu1
Postal	Siccawei
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xúhuì Qū
Wu
Wugniu	zi2 we6 chiu1
IPA	Shanghainese: [ʑi˩ ɦue˦ tɕʰy˩]
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	ceoi4 wui6 keoi1

Xuhui

徐汇区; 徐匯區
Siccawei, Zikawei
Xuhui 徐汇区; 徐匯區 Siccawei, Zikawei
District
	Xujiahui St. Ignatius Cathedral Shanghai Botanical Garden Longhua Temple Wukang Mansion on Wukang Road Shanghai Jiao Tong University Wukang Road of the Former French Concession
	Xuhui in Shanghai
Country	People's Republic of China
Municipality	Shanghai
Government
• Body	Xihui District People's Congress
Area
• Total	54.76 km2 (21.14 sq mi)
Population (2020)
• Total	1,113,078
• Density	20,330/km2 (52,650/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox settlement with deprecated parameter settlement_type. Replace with type.

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox settlement with deprecated parameter mapsize1. Replace with map_size1.

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox settlement with deprecated parameter timezone. Replace with time_zone.

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox settlement with deprecated parameter image_skyline. Replace with image.

Xuhui District is a core urban district of Shanghai. It has a land area of 54.76 km² (21.14 sq mi) and a population of 1,113,078 as of 2020. Xuhui District has 12 subdistricts and two townships.

The Xuhui District is named after its namesake, the historic area of Xujiahui. Xujiahui was historically land owned by Ming dynasty bureaucrat and scientist Xu Guangqi, and later donated to the Roman Catholic Church. It and Luwan District jointly formed the core of Catholic Shanghai, centered in the former French Concession of Shanghai. Vestiges of the French influence can still be seen in the St. Ignatius Cathedral of Shanghai, Xuhui College, the Xujiahui Observatory, and some remaining boulevards and French-style districts.

Xujiahui itself has been redeveloped as a financial center, with a proliferation of large-scale shopping centers and department stores, and is now a major shopping destination in the city with shopping malls such as Grand Gateway Shanghai and Pacific Sogo.