Yuhuan () is a

county-level city A county-level city () is a County-level divisions of China, county-level administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local or ...

of Taizhou, at the midsection along the coast of southeastern

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Province, China. Yuhuan, with total area of including land area of , has a total population of 392,800 containing a permanent population of 93,000 from other provinces and regions. Yuhuan administers three streets, six towns and two villages, referring to Yucheng Street, Damaiyu Street, Kanmen Street; Chumen Town, Qinggang Town, Lupu Town, Ganjiang Town, Shamen Town, Longxi Town; Jishan Village and Haishan Village. Yucheng Street is the administrative and commercial center of Yuhuan. Yuhuan court house

Environment

Yuhuan consists of numerous islands as well as a mainland part. Yuhuan Island is the largest island, and has maximum elevation of . Yuhuan Island is nowadays connected to the mainland with dikes and reclaimed land. Other islands include Daludao (), which has been developed as a recreational area. The island has a network of footpaths and touristic sights, a beach, and a hotel.

Administrative divisions

Subdistricts: *

Yucheng Subdistrict Yucheng Subdistrict (in ), formerly known as Chengguan Town (), is a sub-district office under the jurisdiction of Yuhuan, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China. It is the location of the Yuhuan City Government and serves as the city cente ...

(玉城街道), Kanmen Subdistrict (坎门街道),

Damaiyu Subdistrict Damaiyu Subdistrict (in Chinese language, Chinese: ) is a Subdistricts of China, subdistrict office under the jurisdiction of Yuhuan, Yuhuan City, Zhejiang, Zhejiang Province, China, People's Republic of China. Its predecessor was Chenyu Town (). ...

(大麦屿街道) Towns: *

Qinggang Qinggang County () is a county of western Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Suihua. Administrative divisions Qinggang County is divided into 4 subdistricts, 12 towns ...

(清港镇),

Chumen Chumen () is a town under the jurisdiction of Yuhuan, Taizhou, Zhejiang province, China. It is the hometown of China's pomelo. Chumen is situated in the north of Yuhuan and in the heart of the peninsula. Chumen's area is 37.5km2 (14.5mi²) and th ...

(楚门镇), Ganjiang (干江镇),

Shamen Shamen Town (in ) is a town-level Administrative divisions of China, administrative unit under Yuhuan, Zhejiang, Zhejiang Province, China, People's Republic of China. It is situated northeast of Yuhuan, bordering the East and South with the East ...

(沙门镇), Lupu (芦浦镇), Longxi (龙溪镇) Townships: *

Jishan Township Jishan may refer to the following: China * Jishan County (), Yuncheng, Shanxi * Jishan railway station (), Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong * Jishan, Anhui (), town in and subdivision of Nanling County, Anhui * Jishan, Hubei (), town in an ...

(鸡山乡), Haishan Township (海山乡)

Climate

Economy

Yuhuan's economy is driven by its manufacturing sector. A famous local brand is

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cookware. Huaneng Yuhuan Power Station is a large coal-fired power station with 4,000 MW output capacity.
Yuhuan 1,000MW Ultra-Supercritical Pressure Boilers, China

People and culture

Due to its location on the shores of the

East China Sea The East China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean, located directly offshore from East China. China names the body of water along its eastern coast as "East Sea" (, ) due to direction, the name of "East China Sea" is otherwise ...

, use of plenty of fresh seafood is characteristic for Yuhuanese cuisine. A local variety of

pomelo The pomelo ( ; or pummelo, ''Citrus maxima''), also known as a shaddock, is the largest citrus fruit. It is an ancestor of several cultivated citrus species, including the bitter orange and the grapefruit. It is a natural, non-hybrid citrus fr ...

is widely grown, known as ''buntan'' in

min Min or MIN may refer to: Places * Fujian, also called Mǐn, a province of China ** Min Kingdom (909–945), a state in Fujian * Min County, a county of Dingxi, Gansu province, China * Min River (Fujian) * Min River (Sichuan) * Mineola (Am ...

and ''wendan'' in wu dialect. The county has an especially divisive contrast between the local elite and migrants from other regions of China. Most physical labourers and low-wage jobs are held by migrants while most local businesses are controlled in the hands of natives of the county. The county is very diverse linguistically. The majority speak a form of the

Taizhou dialect The Taizhou dialect (Taizhou dialect: T'e-tsiu wa; ) is a dialect of Wu Chinese. It is spoken in the city of Taizhou in Zhejiang province, China. It is only partially intelligible with Shanghainese The Shanghainese language, also known a ...

(a form of Wu), while the villages of Chenyu and Kanmen are home to a Minnan-speaking population, whose ancestors migrated to this region from Fujian in the late 1800s.

Wenzhounese Wenzhounese ( zh, t=溫州話, s=温州话, p= Wēnzhōuhuà, Wenzhounese: ), also known as Oujiang ( zh, t=甌江話, s=瓯江话, p=Ōujiānghuà, labels=no), Tong Au ( zh, t=東甌片, s=东瓯片, p=Dōng'ōupiàn, labels=no) or Au Nyü ( z ...

is also spoken in the region. The three languages are noticeably different and are not mutually intelligible amongst each other or with

Mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...

, the official language of China. It is not unusual for a local to speak more than one local dialect and passable Mandarin.

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control County-level cities in Zhejiang Island counties of China Taizhou, Zhejiang