Putuo District, Zhoushan

Putuo
普陀区
District
Putuo
Location in Zhejiang
Coordinates: 29°54′N 122°23′E / 29.900°N 122.383°E / 29.900; 122.383Coordinates: 29°54′N 122°23′E / 29.900°N 122.383°E / 29.900; 122.383
Country People's Republic of China
Province Zhejiang
Prefecture-level city Zhoushan
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)
Putuo
(the former county)
Chinese 普陀
Postal Puto

Putuo District is a district of Zhoushan City, Zhejiang, 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[1] as of November 1, 2010
  • Area: 6,730 km2 (2,600 sq mi) (459 km2 or 177 sq mi terrestrial, 6,271 km2 or 2,421 sq mi marine)
  • Population Density: 825/km2 (2,140/sq mi)
  • Gross Domestic Product: 24.6 billion yuan [2] as of 2011
  • Per capita GDP: 64,941 yuan (approximately 10,443 US Dollars)

Geography

Putuo District occupies the southeastern part of Zhoushan archipelago. It includes the eastern end of the archipelago Zhoushan Island, which is the largest island of the archipelago, and many dozens of smaller islands. Among them:

  • the small, but famous Putuo Island (Putuo Shan, i.e. "Mount Putuo"). Putuo Island with nearby small islets is administratively organized as Putuo Town within Putuo District.
  • Zhujiajian Island (朱家尖), 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 (中街山列岛), organized as Dongji.
  • many others, with half a dozen towns and townships on them

Sister cities

References

  1. ↑ http://www.zstj.net/tjnjData/2011nj/001_010.htm
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-02-19. Retrieved 2013-01-31.


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