Shengsi County is a
county
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in the northeast of
Zhejiang
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province consisting of an archipelago islands located to the east of
Hangzhou Bay
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. It is under the administration of
Zhoushan City and is the easternmost
county-level division
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in the province. The islands of
Greater and
Lesser Yangshan are connected with
Shanghai
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's
Pudong New Area
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by the
Donghai Bridge
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and
their port forms part of the
Port of Shanghai. They are, however, not counted among the
islands of Shanghai
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.
The county consists of 630 islands and islets, of which 13 have more than 100 inhabitants.
Administrative divisions
Towns:
*
Caiyuan (菜园镇),
Shengshan (嵊山镇),
Yangshan (洋山镇)
Townships:
*
Wulong Township (五龙乡),
Huanglong Township (黄龙乡),
Gouqi Township (枸杞乡),
Huadao Township (花鸟乡)
Climate
See also
*
Shengsi Islands
References
County-level divisions of Zhejiang
Island counties of China
Zhoushan
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