Shanghai : some facts

Size : 3925 km²

Population: 

18.580.000  inhabitants
19.000.000 people in surrounding area
A sample survey of 1% of the city population reveals that 8.88% of the city’s permanent residents, or 1.58 million, are aged 0-14; 79.17%, or 14.08 million are aged 15-64; 11.94%, or 2.12 million aged 65 and above. Compared with the fifth national census in 2000, the proportion of those aged 0-14 in the city population dropped 3.38 percentage points, and that of those aged 65 and above rose by 0.48 percentage points.

59 university and other  specialised institutes of higher education

Cultural life: 

Such new facilities include the Shanghai Museum’s new gallery, a new complex at Shanghai Library, Shanghai Grand Theater, Shanghai Book City, Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center, the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, the Oriental Arts Center and the Oriental Green Land juvenile education and recreational center. By the end of 2005, the city had 32 cultural palaces and mass artistic activities centers, 28 public libraries, 45 archive halls, and 100 museums...