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The islands of Shanghai are those under the jurisdiction of the Shanghai municipal government. They comprise three large inhabited islands and a shifting number of smaller, uninhabited ones. Most are alluvial islands in the Yangtze River Delta in China, although a number of islands in Hangzhou Bay off Jinshan District are also administered by Shanghai. The alluvial islands are relatively young and their number varies over time. In 2006, the city's 19 uninhabited islands covered , with a total coastline length of .〔 The Yangshan area of the Port of Shanghai is also located on two islands, Greater and Lesser Yangshan in Hangzhou Bay, but these are administered as part of Zhejiang's Shengsi County. ==Chongming County== All three inhabited islands of Shanghai are alluvial islands in the Yangtze estuary between the Municipality of Shanghai and Jiangsu Province. They are administered as Chongming County, with its seat at Chengqiao on Chongming Island. The county was added to Shanghai from Jiangsu in 1958 and remains mostly rural: In 2008, its registered population of included farmers.〔 Chongming Island (〔("Chongming County" in the ''Encyclopedia of Shanghai'', pp. 50 ff. ) Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers (Shanghai), 2010. Hosted by the Municipality of Shanghai.〕) is now the second-largest island of mainland China (after Hainan). The natural expansion of the island has been greatly accelerated by reclamation projects, which doubled its size between 1950 and 2010. This growth caused it to absorb the former island of Yonglongsha, creating a long pene-exclave of Jiangsu on its northern shore administered as the townships of Haiyong and Qilong. The island was connected to Changxing by the Yangtze Bridge in 2009〔"(Bridge-Tunnel Linking Chongming Island Opens to Traffic )". ''Shanghai Daily''. 31 Oct 2009. Accessed 3 Nov 2009.〕 and to Qidong in Jiangsu by the Chongqi Bridge in 2011.〔("'长江入海第一桥'崇启大桥24日正式建成通车" ) (Rùhǎi Dì Yī Qiáo' Chóngqǐ Dàqiáo 24 Rì Zhèngshì Jiànchéng Tōngchē"'', "Chongqi Bridge, the 'First Bridge of the Yangtze Delta', Officially Opens to Traffic on the 24th" ). (Guǎngbōwǎng'' ). 24 Dec 2011. 〕 The Chonghai Bridge, to Haimen in Jiangsu, remains under construction〔"(Major Construction Completed on Chongqi Bridge )". ''People's Daily''. 21 Sept 2011. Accessed 19 Oct 2011.〕 and plans for Shanghai's S7 (Huchong) Expressway call for the creation of a bridge directly from Baoshan District to Chengqiao. Changxing Island (〔(Shanghai Statistical Bureau Yearbook 2007 )〕) lies between Chongming and Shanghai in the southern channel of the Yangtze opposite the mouth of the Huangpu, the major river of central Shanghai. It is connected to Chongming by the Yangtze Bridge and Shanghai's Pudong New Area by the Yangtze Tunnel. Hengsha Island (〔) lies to Changxing's east and is connected with the mainland and other islands by ferry service. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Islands of Shanghai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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