Putuo District

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For the district in Zhejiang province, see Putuo District, Zhoushan.
Shanghai district map highlighting Putuo
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Shanghai district map highlighting Putuo

Putuo District (普陀区) of Shanghai has a land area of 54.83 km² and a population over 1 million. Often dubbed the "third-world" of Shanghai. The streets are crowded, and traffic conditions are in great need of improvement, and old apartments, unlike in other districts, continue to house large numbers of people, including an increasing migrant population from the countryside. The Shanghai West Train Station is in Putuo District.

edit County-level divisions of Shanghai
Districts: Huangpu | Luwan | Xuhui | Changning | Jing'an | Putuo | Zhabei | Hongkou | Yangpu | Pudong
Baoshan | Minhang | Jiading | Jinshan | Songjiang | Qingpu | Nanhui | Fengxian
County: Chongming
see also: Township-level divisions of Shanghai
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