Putuo, Zhoushan

Putuo
(the former county)
Putuo; (the former county)
Chinese	普陀
Postal	Puto
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Pǔtuó
Wade–Giles	P'u3-t'o2

Putuo

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

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

Administrative divisions

Subdistricts:^[3]

Shenjiamen Subdistrict (沈家门街道), Goushan Subdistrict (勾山街道), Donggang Subdistrict (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), Xiazhi (虾峙镇), Dongji (东极镇), Putuoshan (普陀山镇)

Townships:

Baisha Township (白沙乡), Dengbu Township (登步乡), Mayidao Township (蚂蚁岛乡)

Sister cities

Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States of America

References

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-07. Retrieved 2013-01-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-02-19. Retrieved 2013-01-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "舟山市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-07. Retrieved 2013-01-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-02-19. Retrieved 2013-01-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "舟山市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.

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