Shanghae

or Shanghai, (shăng'i,) an important city and river-port of China, p. Kiaug-su, on the Woosung, 160 m. E.S.E. of Nankin; N. Lat. 30° 12′, E. Lon. 120°50′. After Canton, it maintains the greatest commercial intercourse with the outside world, and exports immense quantities of tea and silk. It was opened to foreign trade in 1842. Pop. 149,475. [s. 819] IMG:p0864_0.jpg:Gravür