Dongji, Zhejiang

Dongji 东极镇
Town
Dongji Location in Zhejiang
Coordinates (Dongji government): 30°11′34″N 122°41′06″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Zhejiang
Prefecture-level city	Zhoushan
District	Putuo
Area
• Land	11.7 km2 (4.5 sq mi)
Population
• Total	6,287
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	316100
Area code	0580
Website	dongji.putuo.gov.cn (Simplified Chinese)

The town of Dongji (simplified Chinese: 东极; traditional Chinese: 東極; pinyin: Dōngjí; lit. 'east extremity') is an administrative division of Putuo District, Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, China. The town, as an administrative unit, occupies several minor islands of the Zhoushan Archipelago, namely:

• the islands of the Zhongjieshan Archipelago (中街山列岛), the three largest of which, west to east, are Huangxing (黄兴岛) Island, Miaozihu Island (庙子湖岛), and Qingbang Island (青浜岛).
• Dongfushan Island a few miles to the southeast of them.
• A few tiny islets farther east, at the easternmost extremity of the archipelago.

Most of the town's population resides on the larger islands of the Zhongjieshan Archipelago. The actual urban area, i.e. the "town" as marked on most maps, is in Miaozihu Island.

Lisbon Maru was sunk near these islands on October 1, 1942.

External links

• Government website (Simplified Chinese)