Zhoushan
Zhoushan
舟山市 | |
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Left to right, top to bottom: Skyline of the new city center, Shenjiamen port at night, Guoqi island, ship off the Mount Putuo at sunset, street scene on the island of Mount Putuo. | |
Location in Zhejiang | |
| Coordinates (Zhoushan municipal government): 29°59′08″N 122°12′27″E / 29.9856°N 122.2074°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Zhejiang |
| County divisions | 4 |
| Township divisions | 45 |
| County established | Tang dynasty |
| Converted to prefecture-level city | 1987 |
| Municipal seat | Dinghai District |
| Government | |
| • CPC Secretary | Yu Donglai (俞东来) |
| • Mayor | Wen Nuan (温暖) |
| Area | |
| 1,378 km2 (532 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 980.02 km2 (378.39 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 980.02 km2 (378.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 1,157,817 | |
| • Density | 840/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 882,932 |
| • Urban density | 900/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 882,932 |
| • Metro density | 900/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 151.2 billion US$ 19.9 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 130,130 US$ 16,999 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 316000, 202450 for Shengsi County |
| Area code | (0)580 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-ZJ-09 |
| License Plate | 浙L |
| Climate | Cfa |
| Website | www |
| Symbols | |
| Flower | Neolitsea aurata |
| Tree | Narcissus tazetta subsp. chinensis |
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"Zhoushan" in Chinese | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 舟山 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wu | Cieu平-se平 (Ningbonese) Tseu平-sae平 (Shanghainese) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Chusan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Barge Island | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Former names | |||||||||||||
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| Yongdong | |||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 甬东 | ||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 甬東 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | [Land] East of Yong [Land] East of the Yong | ||||||||||||
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| Wengshan | |||||||||||||
| Chinese | 翁山 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Senior Island | ||||||||||||
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| Changguo | |||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 昌国 | ||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 昌國 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Prosperous Country | ||||||||||||
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| Dinghai | |||||||||||||
| Chinese | 定海 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Stabilizing the Sea | ||||||||||||
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Zhoushan 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 Hangzhou Bay off the mainland city of Ningbo. The prefecture's city proper is Dinghai on Zhoushan Island, now administered as the prefecture's Dinghai District. During the 2020 census, Zhoushan Prefecture's population was 1,157,817, out of whom 882,932 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of two urban districts of Dinghai and Putuo.
On 8 July 2011, the central government approved Zhoushan as Zhoushan Archipelago New Area, a state-level new area.