# Putuo, Zhoushan

Putuo District is a district of Zhoushan City, Zhejiang, China with a population of 378,805.
The district used to be a county. In 1987, it was combined with the neighbouring county of Dinghai to form the city of Zhoushan.

## Basic Information

* District Seat: Shenjiamen Sub-District
* Population: 378,805 as of November 1, 2010
* Area: 6,730 km$^2$ (2,600 sq mi) (459 km$^2$ or 177 sq mi terrestrial, 6,271 km$^2$ or 2,421 sq mi marine)
* Population Density: 825/km$^2$ (2,140/sq mi)
* Gross Domestic Product: 24.6 billion yuan as of 2011
* Per capita GDP: 64,941 yuan (approximately 10,443 US Dollars)

## Geography

Putuo District occupies the southeastern part of Zhoushan archipelago. It includes the eastern end of the archipelago Zhoushan Island, which is the largest island of the archipelago, and many dozens of smaller islands. Among them:
* the small, but famous Putuo Island (Putuo Shan, i.e. "Mount Putuo"). Putuo Island with nearby small islets is administratively organized as Putuo Town within Putuo District.
* Zhujiajian Island, connected to Zhoushan Island by a bridge, and administratively organized as Zhujiajian Town.
* Dengbu Island, organized as an eponymous township
* Mayi Island (literally, "Ant Island"), organized as an eponymous township
* Zhongjieshan Island Chain (中街山列岛), organized as Dongji.
* many others, with half a dozen towns and townships on them

## Administrative divisions

Subdistricts:
* Shenjiamen Subdistrict (沈家门街道), Goushan Subdistrict (勾山街道), Donggang Subdistrict (东港街道), Zhanmao Subdistrict (展茅街道), Zhujiajian Subdistrict (朱家尖街道)
Towns:
* Liuheng (六横镇), Taohua (桃花镇), Xiazhi (虾峙镇), Dongji (东极镇), Putuoshan (普陀山镇)
Townships:
* Baisha Township (白沙乡), Dengbu Township (登步乡), Mayidao Township (蚂蚁岛乡)

## Climate

Climate data for Putuo, elevation 85 m (279 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.5 (70.7) | 23.9 (75.0) | 28.9 (84.0) | 29.9 (85.8) | 29.7 (85.5) | 32.9 (91.2) | 38.1 (100.6) | 39.1 (102.4) | 36.1 (97.0) | 31.8 (89.2) | 27.2 (81.0) | 23.4 (74.1) | 39.1 (102.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.6 (49.3) | 10.6 (51.1) | 13.6 (56.5) | 18.4 (65.1) | 22.8 (73.0) | 26.0 (78.8) | 30.3 (86.5) | 31.0 (87.8) | 27.6 (81.7) | 23.3 (73.9) | 18.4 (65.1) | 12.5 (54.5) | 20.3 (68.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.5 (43.7) | 7.3 (45.1) | 10.1 (50.2) | 14.5 (58.1) | 19.2 (66.6) | 22.8 (73.0) | 26.7 (80.1) | 27.3 (81.1) | 24.5 (76.1) | 20.1 (68.2) | 15.2 (59.4) | 9.3 (48.7) | 17.0 (62.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.1 (39.4) | 4.7 (40.5) | 7.4 (45.3) | 11.6 (52.9) | 16.6 (61.9) | 20.6 (69.1) | 24.2 (75.6) | 25.0 (77.0) | 22.2 (72.0) | 17.8 (64.0) | 12.7 (54.9) | 6.8 (44.2) | 14.5 (58.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.7 (21.7) | −3.6 (25.5) | −1.5 (29.3) | 3.3 (37.9) | 8.3 (46.9) | 12.5 (54.5) | 18.3 (64.9) | 19.0 (66.2) | 15.5 (59.9) | 6.8 (44.2) | 1.1 (34.0) | −5.4 (22.3) | −5.7 (21.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 77.1 (3.04) | 81.3 (3.20) | 126.4 (4.98) | 105.0 (4.13) | 124.7 (4.91) | 203.1 (8.00) | 93.1 (3.67) | 133.7 (5.26) | 151.4 (5.96) | 99.2 (3.91) | 88.4 (3.48) | 76.6 (3.02) | 1,360 (53.56) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 11.8 | 11.5 | 15.2 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 16.6 | 9.5 | 11.2 | 12.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 10.7 | 146.7 |
| Average snowy days | 1.9 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 4.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 75 | 76 | 79 | 80 | 84 | 90 | 87 | 86 | 81 | 75 | 75 | 72 | 80 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 113.1 | 113.1 | 133.8 | 157.5 | 162.4 | 121.4 | 236.6 | 234.3 | 179.2 | 176.4 | 125.5 | 129.9 | 1,883.2 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 35 | 36 | 36 | 41 | 38 | 29 | 55 | 58 | 49 | 50 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration all-time extreme temperature ||||||||||||||

## Sister cities

* Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States of America