Zhoushan Island
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Zhoushan Island is the principal island of the namesake archipelago governed by Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, the People's Republic of China. Its name means "Boat Mountain", because its shape. It is the province's largest island, and China's third largest (after Hainan, and Chongming Island). The island is the district seats of both Dinghai and Putuo.
[edit] Geography
At 30° N. 122° E., it lies northwest to southeast, and has a circumference of 170.16 km (51 miles), with a maximum length of 44 km (20 mi), and a maximum width of 18 km (10 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, Shengjiamen Port Zone (沈家门港区), and Laotangshan Port Zone (老塘山港区). The tourism regions include the regions of Chengjiamen and Dinghai.
[edit] Subdivisions
440000 people, mostly Han, in 150000 households live in the following 17 subdivisions of Dinghai and Putuo Districts are on Zhoushan Island:
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9 sub-districts:
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7 towns:
1 townships:
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[edit] Tourism
The peak of Qinglong Mountain has a memorial tablet dedicated to revolutionary martyrs. 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-Qing 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)
