Zhoushan

Zhoushan listen, formerly romanized as Chusan, 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.

Zhoushan
舟山市
Chou Shan
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
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceZhejiang
County divisions4
Township divisions45
County establishedTang dynasty
Converted to prefecture-level city1987
Municipal seatDinghai District
Government
  CPC SecretaryYu Donglai (俞东来)
  MayorWen Nuan (温暖)
Area
  Prefecture-level city1,378 km2 (532 sq mi)
  Urban
980.02 km2 (378.39 sq mi)
  Metro
980.02 km2 (378.39 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)
  Prefecture-level city1,157,817
  Density840/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
  Urban
882,932
  Urban density900/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
  Metro
882,932
  Metro density900/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
316000, 202450 for Shengsi County
Area code(0)580
ISO 3166 codeCN-ZJ-09
GDP$9.518 billion
GDP per capita$15,514.38
License Plate浙L
ClimateCfa
Websitewww.zhoushan.gov.cn (in Chinese)
Symbols
FlowerNeolitsea aurata
TreeNarcissus tazetta subsp. chinensis
Zhoushan
"Zhoushan" in Chinese
Chinese舟山
WuCieu-se (Ningbonese)
Tseu-sae (Shanghainese)
PostalChusan
Literal meaningBarge Island
Former names
Yongdong
Simplified Chinese甬东
Traditional Chinese甬東
Literal meaning[Land] East of Yong
[Land] East of the Yong
Wengshan
Chinese翁山
Literal meaningSenior Island
Changguo
Simplified Chinese昌国
Traditional Chinese昌國
Literal meaningProsperous Country
Dinghai
Chinese定海
Literal meaningStabilizing the Sea

On 8 July 2011 the central government approved Zhoushan as Zhoushan Archipelago New Area, a state-level new area.

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