District () is a

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consisting of 168 islands in the

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, and is under the jurisdiction of

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Wenzhou Wenzhou; Chinese postal romanization, historically known as Wenchow is a prefecture-level city in China's Zhejiang province. Wenzhou is located at the extreme southeast of Zhejiang, bordering Lishui, Zhejiang, Lishui to the west, Taizhou, Zheji ...

, in southern

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province, China. It has a total area of , of which is land, and, , had a population of . It was known as Dongtou County () until 2 September 2015, when, with the approval of the

State Council State Council may refer to: Government * State Council of the People's Republic of China, the national cabinet and chief administrative authority of China, headed by the Premier * State Council of the Republic of Korea, the national cabinet of S ...

, it was converted to a district.

Transport

It is served by 4 stations on

Line S1 (Wenzhou Metro) Line S1 of the Wenzhou Rail Transit () is a suburban rapid transit line in Wenzhou Wenzhou; Chinese postal romanization, historically known as Wenchow is a prefecture-level city in China's Zhejiang province. Wenzhou is located at the extrem ...

: Lingkun, Oujiangkou, Ouhua and Shuang'ou Avenue.

Administrative divisions

Subdistricts: *Bei'ao Subdistrict (北岙街道), Yuanjue Subdistrict (元觉街道), Dongping Subdistrict (东屏街道), Niyu Subdistrict (霓屿街道) The only town is Damen (大门镇), and the only township is Luxi Township (鹿西乡)

Climate

Economy

Dongtou possesses the second-largest fishery in Zhejiang, reaching an area of about , and is known as the "

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capital of China" () as well as the "

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capital of Zhejiang" ().

References

External links

Island counties of China Districts of Zhejiang Geography of Wenzhou {{Zhejiang-geo-stub