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City ?/font> Zhoushan
Islands has a long history, According to historical records and study of
unearthed relics, human being began to live here as early as in the new stone
age which dates back 6000 years ago. In the 26th year of Kaiyuan era of Tang
Dynasty ( 738 A.D.), a county administration was first ?/font> Since
the 3rd plenary session of the 11th Party congress, The wind of reform and
opening up has been blowing in the Zhoushan Islands, and great changes have
taken place within merely 20 years in the islands which used to be closed and
backward. A beautiful new city of thousand islands is quietly rising up.
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Located
in the Zhoushan Islands of northeast Zhejiang, Zhoushan is the only
prefecture-level city in China established
in islands. It is located in the meeting point of the mouths of Yangtze River,
Qiantang River and Yong River. The most east
point starts from Tong Island ( reef ), facing the Pacific Ocean; the south
point starts from west Mopan Mountain of Liuheng, viewing Xiang Mountain of
Ningbo; The west point links to Huangpan Mountain of Tanhu, close to the
Hangzhou Bay; The north point goes till Huanian Mountain, linking Sheshanyang of
Jiangsu. The total area is 22.2 thousand square kilometers, in which land area
is 1440.12 square kilometers, formed by 1390 islands, like emerald scattered on
the blue East China Sea. The largest island is Zhoushan Island, with 502.65
square kilometers, ranking the 4th in China only after Taiwan, Hainan and
Congming. Zhoushan is located in the south wing of north sub-tropical zone with
monsoon ocean climate, warm in winter and cool in summer, with annual average
temperature of 16 degre
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centigrade.
established.
The Zhoushan special zone was set up in 1953. In 1987, the prefecture
administration was replaced by municipality. In 1997, it is with jurisdiction
over Dinghai District, Putuo District, Daishan District and Shengsi District,
with 26 towns, 27 villages, 4 residential districts, 833 administrative villages
and 101 neighborhood committees. The total population is 985.8 thousand.
