BEIJING 2008

Shanghai is located in the middle of the line of the coast of the east, to the south of the Delta of the Yangtze River, is financial, cultural, industrial and communicational the center more important of China. The City of Shanghai counts more on an approximated population of 13,5 million inhabitants, turning it the populated and dense city within the Chinese territory. The City of Shanghai was originally a fishing port, which became the most important city of China towards the beginnings of century 20. Shanghai was in its time, the third financial center at world-wide level, being only surpassed by New York and London at that time.

Shanghai is also the port with more volume of load in the World, becoming the 2005, in the greatest port at world-wide level. The city of Shanghai is characterized by its lukewarm spring, warm summer, fresh autumn and frozen winter. Julio and August are the warmest months of the city, being able to reach extreme and suffocating temperatures, January is the coldest month, with temperatures average near the freezing point.

The parties of the preliminaries of Soccer of Beijing 2008, will take place in the modern facilities of the Olympic Stage of Shanghai, which will have capacity to lodge up to 80,000 spectators. The Colossal work of 190,000 square meters was constructed in 1997. The City of Shanghai was originally a fishing port, which became the most important city of China towards the beginnings of century 20.

Shanghai was in its time, the third financial center at world-wide level, being only surpassed by New York and London at that time. Shanghai is also the port with more volume of load in the World, becoming the 2005, in the greatest port at world-wide level.

The city of Shanghai is characterized by its lukewarm spring, warm summer, fresh autumn and frozen winter. Julio and August are the warmest months of the city, being able to reach extreme and suffocating temperatures, January is the coldest month, with temperatures average near the freezing point.

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