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Dongtou 洞头区 Tungtou | |
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.jpg) Dongtou | |
 Location in Wenzhou | |
  Dongtou Location in Zhejiang | |
| Coordinates:27°50′10″N121°09′25″E / 27.836°N 121.157°E /27.836; 121.157 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Zhejiang |
| Prefecture-level city | Wenzhou |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,700.3 km2 (1,042.6 sq mi) |
| • Land | 100.3 km2 (38.7 sq mi) |
| • Water | 2,600 km2 (1,000 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)[1] | |
• Total | 130,600 |
| • Density | 1,302.1/km2 (3,372/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
Dongtou District[a] (simplified Chinese:洞头区;traditional Chinese:洞頭區;pinyin:Dòngtóu Qū) is adistrict consisting of 168[1] islands in theEast China Sea, and is under the jurisdiction ofprefecture-level city ofWenzhou, in southernZhejiang province, China. It has a total area of 2,700.3 km2 (1,042.6 sq mi), of which 100.3 km2 (38.7 sq mi) is land, and, as of 2012[update], had a population of 130,600.[1] It was known as Dongtou County (洞头县) until 2 September 2015, when, with the approval of theState Council, it was converted to a district.
It is served by 4 stations onLine 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)
| Climate data for Dongtou, elevation 69 m (226 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1991–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.9 (69.6) | 23.2 (73.8) | 25.3 (77.5) | 28.1 (82.6) | 31.6 (88.9) | 32.2 (90.0) | 33.9 (93.0) | 34.9 (94.8) | 34.9 (94.8) | 31.4 (88.5) | 27.3 (81.1) | 23.8 (74.8) | 34.9 (94.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.9 (51.6) | 11.5 (52.7) | 14.3 (57.7) | 18.8 (65.8) | 23.3 (73.9) | 26.4 (79.5) | 29.7 (85.5) | 30.4 (86.7) | 28.2 (82.8) | 23.9 (75.0) | 19.1 (66.4) | 13.8 (56.8) | 20.9 (69.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.3 (46.9) | 8.7 (47.7) | 11.3 (52.3) | 15.7 (60.3) | 20.5 (68.9) | 24.0 (75.2) | 27.3 (81.1) | 27.9 (82.2) | 25.6 (78.1) | 21.3 (70.3) | 16.6 (61.9) | 11.1 (52.0) | 18.2 (64.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.3 (43.3) | 6.7 (44.1) | 9.2 (48.6) | 13.5 (56.3) | 18.4 (65.1) | 22.3 (72.1) | 25.5 (77.9) | 26.0 (78.8) | 23.7 (74.7) | 19.3 (66.7) | 14.6 (58.3) | 9.0 (48.2) | 16.2 (61.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −3.3 (26.1) | −0.4 (31.3) | −1.0 (30.2) | 4.7 (40.5) | 9.4 (48.9) | 16.2 (61.2) | 18.5 (65.3) | 21.1 (70.0) | 16.8 (62.2) | 11.5 (52.7) | 3.5 (38.3) | −1.8 (28.8) | −3.3 (26.1) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 64.3 (2.53) | 80.7 (3.18) | 133.5 (5.26) | 130.5 (5.14) | 154.5 (6.08) | 196.5 (7.74) | 110.1 (4.33) | 192.3 (7.57) | 141.2 (5.56) | 65.8 (2.59) | 74.4 (2.93) | 58.8 (2.31) | 1,402.6 (55.22) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 11.8 | 12.9 | 17.7 | 16.1 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 9.4 | 11.4 | 11.1 | 6.6 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 147.5 |
| Average snowy days | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 3.3 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 73 | 77 | 81 | 83 | 85 | 89 | 87 | 84 | 78 | 73 | 74 | 71 | 80 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 108.9 | 98.1 | 111.7 | 127.4 | 136.8 | 134.1 | 242.9 | 238.9 | 194.3 | 189.8 | 134.9 | 131.2 | 1,849 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 33 | 31 | 30 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 58 | 59 | 53 | 54 | 42 | 41 | 42 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[4][5]All-time Oct extreme[6] | |||||||||||||
Dongtou possesses the second-largest fishery in Zhejiang, reaching an area of about 4,800 km2 (1,900 sq mi),[1] and is known as the "Hijiki capital of China" (中国羊栖菜之乡) as well as the "Seaweed capital of Zhejiang" (浙江紫菜之乡).[1]
