Dongtou | |
Other Name: | Tungtou |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Settlement Type: | District |
Pushpin Map: | China Zhejiang |
Pushpin Label: | Dongtou |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Zhejiang |
Coordinates: | 27.836°N 121.157°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Zhejiang |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Wenzhou |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Land Km2: | 100.3 |
Area Total Km2: | 2700.3 |
Area Water Km2: | 2600 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Density Km2: | 1302.1 |
Population Total: | 130600 |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
District is a district consisting of 168[1] islands in the East China Sea, and is under the jurisdiction of prefecture-level city of Wenzhou, in southern Zhejiang province, China. It has a total area of 2700.3km2, of which 100.3km2 is land, and,, had a population of .[1] It was known as Dongtou County (Chinese: 洞头县) until 2 September 2015, when, with the approval of the State Council, it was converted to a district.
It is served by 4 stations on Line S1 (Wenzhou Metro): Lingkun, Oujiangkou, Ouhua and Shuang'ou Avenue.[2]
Subdistricts:[3]
The only town is Damen (大门镇), and the only township is Luxi Township (鹿西乡)
Dongtou possesses the second-largest fishery in Zhejiang, reaching an area of about 4800km2,[1] and is known as the "Hijiki capital of China" (Chinese: 中国羊栖菜之乡) as well as the "Seaweed capital of Zhejiang" (Chinese: 浙江紫菜之乡).[1]