Source identity and administrative path
The source row behind Zhoushan is GeoNames ID 1886762. Its recorded administrative path is Zhoushan Shi → Zhejiang → China, and GeoNames classifies the place as a third-order administrative seat. Zhoushan occurs once as a primary city label in this atlas sample; the numeric ID remains the durable source key if names change. The city row itself was updated 2025-08-20; that date belongs to the source record, not to every transport or visitor detail in the real destination.
Population position inside fixed cohorts
Within the fixed 1,206-record atlas, Zhoushan ranks 630 by recorded population. Inside the 296 selected China entries it ranks 196; inside the 632 entries in its broad region it ranks 364. Its 882,932 population value is 0.76 times the 1,165,375 median for the country cohort and 0.88 times the 1,008,426 regional median. Zhoushan sits in the lower half of this atlas's selected China entries. Zhoushan's recorded value stays within one quarter of the country-cohort median used here. These comparisons describe this selected dataset only; they are not current census rankings or official urban-area boundaries.
Nearest-reference pattern
Zhoushan's three nearest other atlas coordinates are Ningbo at 64.343 km with 3,731,203 recorded people; Cixi at 94.62 km with 1,457,510 recorded people; Fengxiang at 119.78 km with 1,140,872 recorded people. The closest-to-farthest distance spread is 55.437 km. Compared with Ningbo, Zhoushan's recorded population is 0.24 times as large. Against Zhoushan, Ningbo follows Ningbo Shi → Zhejiang → China in the source. Its point has lower latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the same selected China cohort, uses the shared Asia/Shanghai identifier, and carries second-order administrative seat rather than third-order administrative seat. Its recorded population is above Zhoushan's. Against Zhoushan, Cixi follows Ningbo Shi → Zhejiang → China in the source. Its point has higher latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the same selected China cohort, uses the shared Asia/Shanghai identifier, and carries the same third-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is above Zhoushan's. Against Zhoushan, Fengxiang follows Shanghai Municipality → Shanghai → China in the source. Its point has higher latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the same selected China cohort, uses the shared Asia/Shanghai identifier, and carries populated place rather than third-order administrative seat. Its recorded population is above Zhoushan's. Its nearest-neighbor distance ranks 526 of 1,206 from shortest to longest in the same snapshot. Zhoushan's nearest-coordinate gap sits in the second quarter of atlas distances. This pattern can reveal whether other catalog references are geographically close, but it cannot establish whether a border crossing is possible or practical, or whether rail, road, fare, or journey-time connections exist. Read as one record signature, GeoNames 1886762, the coordinate pair 29.9887 / 122.2049, country rank 196 of 296, and neighbor GeoNames 1799397 at 64.343 km bind Zhoushan to a reproducible comparison. That combined key distinguishes the row; it is not a recommendation or evidence of a physical connection.
Coordinate, time-zone and class cohorts
Zhoushan's reference point is 29.9887° north and 122.2049° east. The IANA identifier Asia/Shanghai is shared by 291 city rows in this catalog, while the GeoNames class PPLA3 is shared by 60 rows. Zhoushan's row carries both second- and first-order administrative labels. Zhoushan's point falls in the lower-latitude coordinate band used by this atlas's row checks. Zhoushan's place-class field defines the narrower catalog cohort; its time zone is shared more broadly. GeoNames supplies no elevation for Zhoushan, so the profile preserves that missing value instead of guessing terrain. Together these fields form a reproducible identity check for this page, not a claim about walkability, climate or accessibility.
- Record keys
- Zhoushan · GeoNames 1886762 · Q58324
- Name scope
- Zhoushan · 1 atlas row share this source label · qualifier not required
- Administrative chain
- Zhoushan Shi · Zhejiang · China
- Coordinate signature
- 29.9887° N · 122.2049° E
- Population snapshot
- 882,932 · atlas rank 630 of 1,206
- Country comparison
- China rank 196 of 296 · median 1,165,375 · ratio 0.76×
- Regional comparison
- Asia rank 364 of 632 · median 1,008,426 · ratio 0.88×
- Time-zone cohort
- Asia/Shanghai · 291 of 1,206 atlas rows
- Place-class cohort
- PPLA3 third-order administrative seat · 60 of 1,206 rows
- Elevation field
- Zhoushan · missing in GeoNames
- Nearest reference
- Ningbo · 64.343 km · population 3,731,203 · atlas rank 94
- Second reference
- Cixi · 94.62 km · population 1,457,510 · atlas rank 332
- Third reference
- Fengxiang · 119.78 km · population 1,140,872 · atlas rank 474
- Neighbour geometry
- Zhoushan · nearest-distance rank 526 of 1,206 · three-reference spread 55.437 km
- Source dates
- Zhoushan row updated 2025-08-20 · atlas dataset checked 2026-08-04