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Zhoushan
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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 builtup (or metro) area consisting of two urban districts of Dinghai and Putuo.
Key facts
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- Zhoushan
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- Prefecture-level city
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- 280
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- Left to right, top to bottom: Downtown, Shenjiamen port at night, Guoqi island, ship off the Mount Putuo at sunset, street scene on the island of Mount Putuo.
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- Location in Zhejiang
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- Country
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- People's Republic of China
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- Province
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- Zhejiang
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- Barge Island
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- Former names
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- Yongdong
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- County divisions
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- 4
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- 舟山市
- Population
- 1157817
- Area
- 1454.7
- Elevation
- 500
- Official website
- www.zhoushan.gov.cn
- Image
- Downtown Dinghai.JPG
- Dialing code
- 580
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- Zhoushan
- postal code
- 316000
- urban population
- 516000
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32 sectionsContents
- History
- Administrative divisions
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Economy
- Transportation
- Air transportation
- Road transportation
- Rail
- Water transportation
- Energy
- Tourism
- Mount Putuo National Scenic Area
- Shengsi Islands National Scenic Area
- Taohua Island Provincial Level Scenic Area
- Daishan Provincial Level Scenic Area
- Other attractions
- Notable people
- Arts
- Politics
- Entrepreneurs
- Others
- Education
- Twin towns – sister cities
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
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 builtup (or metro) area consisting of two urban districts of Dinghai and Putuo.
On July 8, 2011, the central government approved Zhoushan as Zhoushan Archipelago New Area, a state-level new area.
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