Putuo District is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

Zhoushan Zhoushan , formerly romanized as Chusan, is an urbanized archipelago with the administrative status of a prefecture-level city in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang. It consists of an archipelago of islands at the southern mouth of H ...

City,

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiang ...

, China with a population of 378,805. The district used to be a county. In 1987, it was combined with the neighbouring county of Dinghai to form the city of Zhoushan.

Basic Information

* District Seat: Shenjiamen Sub-District * Population: 378,805 as of November 1, 2010 * Area: ( terrestrial, marine) * Population Density: * Gross Domestic Product: 24.6 billion yuan as of 2011 * Per capita GDP: 64,941 yuan (approximately 10,443 US Dollars)

Geography

Putuo District occupies the southeastern part of

archipelago. It includes the eastern end of the archipelago

Zhoushan Island Zhoushan Island is the principal and namesake island in the Zhoushan Islands, formerly romanized as the ChusanIslands, an archipelago administered by Zhoushan Prefecture in Zhejiang Province in the People's Republic of China. It is the province ...

, which is the largest island of the archipelago, and many dozens of smaller islands. Among them: * the small, but famous

Putuo Island Mount Putuo (, from Sanskrit: "Mount Potalaka") is an island in Putuo District, Zhoushan, Putuo District, Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China. It is a renowned site in Chinese Buddhism and is the bodhimaṇḍa of the bodhisattva Guanyin. Mount Putuo ...

(''Putuo Shan'', i.e. "Mount Putuo"). Putuo Island with nearby small islets is administratively organized as Putuo Town within Putuo District. * Zhujiajian Island (), connected to Zhoushan Island by a bridge, and administratively organized as Zhujiajian Town. * Dengbu Island, organized as an eponymous township * Mayi Island (literally, "Ant Island"), organized as an eponymous township * Zhongjieshan Island Chain (), organized as Dongji. * many others, with half a dozen towns and townships on them

Administrative divisions

Subdistricts: * Shenjiamen Subdistrict (沈家门街道), Goushan Subdistrict (勾山街道),

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(东港街道), Zhanmao Subdistrict (展茅街道), Zhujiajian Subdistrict (朱家尖街道) Towns: * Liuheng (六横镇), Taohua (桃花镇),

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(虾峙镇), Dongji (东极镇),

Putuoshan Mount Putuo (, from Sanskrit: " Mount Potalaka") is an island in Putuo District, Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China. It is a renowned site in Chinese Buddhism and is the bodhimaṇḍa of the bodhisattva Guanyin. Mount Putuo is one of the four sacr ...

(普陀山镇) Townships: * Baisha Township (白沙乡), Dengbu Township (登步乡), Mayidao Township (蚂蚁岛乡)

Climate

Sister cities

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References

Districts of Zhoushan Island counties of China {{Zhejiang-geo-stub