Dinghai District
is a district of Zhoushan City made of 128 islands in Zhejiang province, China. It is based on the larger northwestern half of Zhoushan Island, where it borders Putuo in the east. The district boundary meets that of Daishan County out at sea to the north of the island. Its southwestern boundary intersects the border of Ningbo, also entirely at sea.
The district used to be a county. In 1987, it was combined with the neighboring county of Putuo to form the city of Zhoushan.In addition to Zhoushan Main Island, other large islands include:
- Jintang
- Cezi
- Changbai
- Changzhi
- Banzhi
- Damao
Administrative divisions
As of the close of 2014, Dinghai District administratively consisted of 9 sub-districts and 3 towns :
Sub-districts:
Towns:
Historically, Dinghai District administratively consisted of 6 subdistricts, 7 towns and 3 townships, which are listed below.
6 Sub-Districts:
- Jiefang
- Changguo
- Huannan merges the defunct townships of Panzhi and Damao.
- Chengdong is the defunct township of Yang'ao.
- Yancang is the defunct township of Yancang.
- Lincheng is made up of defunct townships of Lincheng and Changzhi.
7 Towns:
- Jintang is made up of defunct townships of Ligang, Shantan, Dafeng, and Liuhang.
- Baiquan merges the defunct township of Gaoxie.
- Cengang merges defunct townships of Mamu, and Yandun.
- Ganlan
- Xiaosha merges the defunct township of Dasha.
- Ma'ao
- Shuangqiao is made up of defunct townships of Ziwei and Shijiao.
3 Townships:
