Zhoushan
Zhoushan ( Chinese 舟山 市 , Pinyin Zhōushān Shì ), formerly: Tschu-san , Tschouschan , is a district-free city in the southeast Chinese province of Zhejiang . Zhoushan is - along with Sansha and the cities of Haikou and Sanya on the island of Hainan - one of four prefecture-level cities in China that are exclusively on islands. The Zhoushan Islands are located east of Hangzhou Bay in northeast Zhejiang and near Shanghai . In 2016, 1,158,000 people lived in an area of 1,440 square kilometers.
The prefecture-level city of Zhoushan consists of two districts and two counties:
| map | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative unit |
Hanzi | Pinyin | Population (2010) |
Land area (km²) |
| Dinghai | 定海 区 | Dìnghǎi Qū | 464.184 | 568.8 |
| Putuo | 普陀 区 | Pǔtuó Qū | 378,805 | 458.6 |
| Daishan | 岱山 县 | Dàishān Xiàn | 202.164 | 326.5 |
| Shengsi | 嵊泗县 | Shèngsì Xiàn | 76,108 | 86 |
economy
shipbuilding
There are several shipyards on the Zhoushan Islands with dry dock capacities for ships up to 300 m in length.
fishing
Zhoushan is the largest fishing area in China. The four best-known marine animals that are caught in Zhoushan, which are yellow croaker , the Big Yellow fish , the octopus and the band fish .
traffic
There are several ports in Zhoushan, including Dinghai, Shenjiamen, Gaoting and Sijiao. From there there are connections mainly to Shanghai , Ningbo , Wenzhou and Fuzhou . There is a civil airport on Zhujiajian Island and a military airport on Daishan. In 2009, a bridge was opened to connect Zhoushan Island with Ningbo City on the mainland.
See also Ningbo-Zhoushan Port , which handled one billion tons of goods in 2017.
energy
Between 1984 and 1987, the first HVDC transmission system in China was laid between Ningbo and Zhoushan , consisting of 42 km of overhead lines and 12 km of submarine cables . The operating voltage of the system is 100 kV, the maximum transmission capacity 100 MW. A 220 kV overhead line leading to the island uses the tallest high voltage pylons in the world.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://hvdc.chinapower.com.cn/membercenter/sitebuild7/viewarticle.asp?user=hvdc&tempname=hvdc&articleid=10000240
Web links
Coordinates: 30 ° 2 ′ N , 122 ° 10 ′ E