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The area of Hainan Island (32,900 km 2 (12,700 sq mi), 97% of the province) is slightly smaller than that of Taiwan Island. To the west of Hainan Island is the Gulf of Tonkin. Wuzhi Mountain is the highest mountain on the island at 1,840 m (6,040 ft). Hainan Island measures 288 km (179 mi) long and 180 km (110 mi) wide.
Located approximately 3 km northeast of Haidian Island, this is an under-construction artificial island. Simapo Island: Located in the Nandu River directly to the south of the Qiongzhou Bridge, this island was once farmland, and is now being developed as a golf course. Wuzhizhou Island: This island is located off the coast of Hainan Province ...
Ganquan Island Site 甘泉岛遗址: Tang to Song: Paracel Islands: 6-174 North Reef Wreck Sites 北礁沉船遗址: Tang to Qing: Paracel Islands-Spratly Islands-Macclesfield Bank: 6-175 Old Danzhou City 儋州故城: Tang to Qing: Danzhou: 6-176
Islands of Hainan Province — within the archipelago province of Southeast China in the South China Sea. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Hainan Han people, who today form the majority population of the island, trace their origins to Han colonists and exiles from Fujian and Guangdong province. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] By and large, they were not voluntary colonists, but were acting on government orders to populate the sparsely populated peninsula and island. [ 3 ]
Bạch Long Vĩ island is located in the Gulf of Tonkin, about halfway between Haiphong and Hainan Island ().The island is an offshore district of Haiphong city. Fishing comprises the majority of economic activity in the Gulf of Tonkin, and Bạch Long Vĩ is a major nursery and harvesting area for fish eggs.
The vast majority live off the southern coast of China on Hainan Island, [3] where they are the largest minority ethnic group. Divided into the five branches of the Qi (Gei), Ha, Run (Zwn), Sai (Tai, Jiamao) and Meifu (Moifau), [4] the Hlai have their own distinctive culture and customs. Traditional weaving methods of the Hlai on Hainan Island ...
Wenchang (postal: Mencheong; Chinese: 文昌; pinyin: Wénchāng; Hainanese spellings: Boon Siou) is a county-level city in the northeast of Hainan Island in China. Covering an area of 2,403 square kilometres (928 sq mi), the city has a coastline of 207 kilometres (129 mi), and is divided into 17 towns.