Lingang New City

Lingang
临港新城
Coordinates:
Country China
District Pudong
Area
 • Total 277.66 km2 (107.2 sq mi)
Population
 • Total 600,000
 • Density 2,160.9/km2 (5,596.7/sq mi)
Time zone China Standard Time (CST) (UTC+8)

Lingang New City (Chinese: 临港新城; Lingang New City, Shanghai Harbour City) is a planned city being built since 2003. It shall be finished in 2020. Localized in the Pudong district of Shanghai, China.

It was designed by the German architects Gerkan, Marg and Partners.

Location

The site is located at the tip of the peninsula between Yangtze and Qiantang rivers, on Hangzhou Bay. It is 60 km SW of downtown Shanghai. An important portion of the site had to be reclaimed from the sea.

References

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.

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