Zhoushan Island is the principal island of the namesake archipelago Zhoushan Islands, governed by Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. Its name means "Boat Mountain", because its shape. It is the province's largest island, and third largest in mainland China

Mainland China

Mainland China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term that refers to the area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China . According to the Taipei-based Mainland Affairs Council, the term excludes the PRC Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and...

 (after Hainan

Hainan

Hainan is the smallest province of the People's Republic of China . Although the province comprises some two hundred islands scattered among three archipelagos off the southern coast, of its land mass is Hainan Island , from which the province takes its name...

 and Chongming Island). The island is the district seats of both Dinghai

Dinghai District

Dinghai is a district of Zhoushan City made of 128 islands in Zhejiang province, China. It is based on the larger northwestern half of Zhoushan Island, where it borders Putuo in the east. The district boundary meets that of Daishan County entirely on sea to the north...

 and Putuo

Putuo

Putuo may refer to:*Putuo District, Shanghai, in China*Putuo District, Zhoushan, in Zhejiang, China*Mount Putuo, a mount island in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China*Putuo Zongcheng Temple, in Chengde, Hebei, China*Nanputuo Temple, in Xiamen, Fujian, China...

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Geography

At 30° N. 122° E., it lies northwest to southeast, and has a circumference of 170.16 km (105.7 mi), with a maximum length of 44 km (27.3 mi), and a maximum width of 18 km (11.2 mi). Its area is 502.65 km² (including tidal zone). At its closest point, it is 9.1 kilometres from the Chinese mainland. The tallest point is 503.6 metres.

The island is beautifully diversified with hill and dale, and well watered with numerous small streams, of which the most considerable is the Dongjiang, faffing into the harbour of Dinghai. There are several hundred ports around the islands, separated into three areas: Dinghai Port Zone, Shen-jia-men Port Zone (沈家门港区), and Laotangshan Port Zone (老塘山港区). The tourism regions include the regions of Shen-jia-men and Dinghai.

Subdivisions

440000 people, mostly Han

Han Chinese

Han Chinese are an ethnic group native to China and are the largest single ethnic group in the world.Han Chinese constitute about 92% of the population of the People's Republic of China , 98% of the population of the Republic of China , 78% of the population of Singapore, and about 20% of the...

, in 150000 households live in the following 17 subdivisions of Dinghai and Putuo Districts are on Zhoushan Island:

10 sub-districts: Jiefang Jiefang Jiefang is a sub-district in Dinghai District, the centre of Zhoushan Island , the People's Republic of China. It is named after Jiefang Road , or Liberation Road, which crosses the entire sub-district.... (hanzi:解放,Zhoushan local dialect:Kafo), district seat of Dinghai Changguo (昌国,Tshokoh), old municipal seat of Zhoushan Huannan (环南,Guenei) Chengdong (城东,Djinton) Yancang (盐仓,Yitsho) Lincheng (临城,Lindjin)，new municipal seat of Zhoushan Shenjiamen (沈家门,Shinkomen), district seat of Putuo Goushan (勾山,Keusae) Donggang (东港,Tonko) Zhanmao (展茅,Cimao)

6 towns: Baiquan (白泉,Bahdzoe) Shuangqiao (双桥,Sodjio) Maao (马岙,Moao) Cengang (岑港,Dzenko) Ganshilan (干石览,Kilae) Xiaosha (小沙,Shioso) 1 townships: Beichan (北蝉,Pohzoe)

Tourism

The peak of Qinglong Mountain has a memorial tablet dedicated to revolutionary martyr

Martyr

A martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...

s. Dinghai has a number of sites related to the Opium War:

• Opium War Memorial Park (鸦片战争纪念公园)
• Temples of the Three Loyalists (三忠祠)
• The Tablet of the Martyring Site of Lord Yao (姚公殉难处碑)
• The Tablet of the Martyring Site of Mr. Li (义士李先生殉难处碑)
• Zhengyuan Cannon Platform (震远城炮台)
• Daotou City (道头土城)

There also those about the Ming

Ming Dynasty

The Ming Dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. The Ming, "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history", was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic...

-Qing

Qing Dynasty

The Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....

 contention:

• Tonggui City (同归域)
• The Well of Imperial Consort Yuan of King Lu (鲁王元妃宫井)

Other sites include:

• Zuyin Temple (祖印寺), from 940年
• San Mao Memorial Museum (三毛祖居纪念馆)