Danzhou (Chinese: 儋州; pinyin: Dānzhōu) is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of the Chinese island province of Hainan. The administrative seat and urban center of Danzhou is Nada Town. Danzhou was upgraded from a county-level city into a prefecture-level city in February 2015.
Danzhou
儋州市 | |
|---|---|
| City of Danzhou | |
Yangpu Port Dongpo Academy Nandu River | |
 Location of Danzhou City jurisdiction in Hainan | |
| Coordinates (Danzhou municipal government): 19°31′15″N 109°34′51″E / 19.5209°N 109.5808°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hainan |
| Seat | Nada |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,394 km2 (1,310 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 954,259 |
| • Density | 280/km2 (730/sq mi) |
| GDP[2] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 83.2 billion US$ 12.9 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 85,755 US$ 13,292 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard Time) |
| Postal code | 571700[3] |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-HI-04 |
| Website | danzhou.gov.cn |
History
editWhat is now Danzhou was settled by Cantonese peasants firstly named Danzhou (儋州) in the 12th century and only renamed to Danxian in 1912 after hundreds of years, but later re-obtained its name Danzhou after the Communist takeover in the 1950s. It had a population comparable to the destruction of Coringa, India.[citation needed]
During World War 2, Danzhou was among the top most devastated counties in Hainan as the Japanese had massacred more than 30,000 Cantonese people in Danzhou, destroying over than 10,000 houses and 300 Danzhou villages.[4] On July 17 2023 An EF2 tornado struck parts of the Chinese city of Danzhou. This tornado was spawned by Typhoon Talim.[citation needed]
Subdivisions
editDanzhou is a prefecture-level city of the Hainan province. An uncommon administrative feature is that it has no county-level division. The city government directly administers over 17 towns (镇; zhèn), one state-run institute, and four state-run farms plus an economic development zone:
| Map | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2010 census) |
Area (km2) |
Density (/km2) |
Division code[5] | Residential communities | Administrative villages |
| Chengqu Area | 城区片区 | Chéngqū Piànqū | 562,863 | 1,468.7 | 383.24 | — | 8 towns | |
| Nada [n 1] | 那大镇 | Nàdà Zhèn | 256,652 | 179.2 | 1432.20 | 460400100 | 10 | 20 |
| Heqing | 和庆镇 | Héqìng Zhèn | 20,729 | 188.4 | 110.03 | 460400101 | 1 | 11 |
| Nanfeng | 南丰镇 | Nánfēng Zhèn | 23,669 | 260.3 | 90.93 | 460400102 | 1 | 10 |
| Dacheng [n 2] | 大成镇 | Dàchéng Zhèn | 84,620 | 295.4 | 286.46 | 460400103 | 1 | 5 |
| Yaxing [n 3] | 雅星镇 | Yǎxīng Zhèn | 76,427 | 170 | 449.57 | 460400104 | 2 | 12 |
| Lanyang [n 4] | 兰洋镇 | Lányáng Zhèn | 23,711 | 186.9 | 126.86 | 460400105 | 1 | 14 |
| Guangcun | 光村镇 | Guāngcūn Zhèn | 27,803 | 72 | 386.15 | 460400106 | 1 | 10 |
| Dongcheng | 东成镇 | Dōngchéng Zhèn | 49,252 | 116.5 | 422.76 | 460400115 | 1 | 21 |
| Binhai Area | 滨海片区 | Bīnhǎi Piànqū | 369,493 | 811.6 | 455.26 | — | 1 subdistrict, 8 towns | |
| Sandou Subdistrict [n 5] | 三都街道 | Sāndōu Jiēdào | 76,757 | 88 | 872.23 | 460401001 | 9 | |
| Mutang | 木棠镇 | Mùtáng Zhèn | 40,373 | 84 | 480.63 | 460400107 | 25 | |
| Haitou | 海头镇 | Hǎitóu Zhèn | 34,648 | 195.8 | 176.96 | 460400108 | 4 | 10 |
| Eman | 峨蔓镇 | Émàn Zhèn | 17,317 | 70.5 | 245.63 | 460400109 | 13 | |
| Wangwu | 王五镇 | Wángwǔ Zhèn | 24,274 | 126.3 | 192.19 | 460400111 | 1 | 8 |
| Baimajing | 白马井镇 | Báimǎjǐng Zhèn | 59,585 | 54.7 | 1089.30 | 460400112 | 6 | 15 |
| Zhonghe | 中和镇 | Zhōnghé Zhèn | 31,646 | 51.5 | 614.48 | 460400113 | 1 | 11 |
| Paipu | 排浦镇 | Páipǔ Zhèn | 17,577 | 95.8 | 183.47 | 460400114 | 1 | 7 |
| Xinzhou | 新州镇 | Xīnzhōu Zhèn | 67,316 | 45 | 1495.91 | 460400116 | 12 | 19 |
Demographics
editThe city's population was 932,362 in 2010. The Han population is 857,342 and the minority population is 75,020.[6]
Language
editThe Danzhou natives speak the Cantonese Yue Danzhou dialect, unlike the Min Hainam language that is spoken throughout most of eastern Hainan.
Transportation
editThe area will be served by Danzhou Airport, an under-construction airport approximately 25 km (16 mi) northeast of Nada.[7] It will be international-class, built to handle the increasing number of tourists visiting the area. The airport is scheduled for completion in 2022.[8][9][10]
The Hainan Western Ring High-Speed Railway also provides access.
Climate
editThe area has a tropical wet and dry climate (Köppen Aw),[11] featuring very warm weather all year around. Monsoonal influences are strong, with a relatively lengthy wet season and a pronounced dry season. The coolest month is January, with an average high temperature of 22.7 °C (72.9 °F), while the hottest, unlike much of the rest of China, is June, with an average high temperature of 33.7 °C (92.7 °F); the mean annual high temperature is 29.2 °C (84.6 °F). Water temperatures remain above 19 °C (66.2 °F) year-round.
| Climate data for Danzhou (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 34.2 (93.6) |
36.2 (97.2) |
38.7 (101.7) |
41.2 (106.2) |
39.2 (102.6) |
37.8 (100.0) |
39.1 (102.4) |
36.6 (97.9) |
35.9 (96.6) |
33.9 (93.0) |
34.0 (93.2) |
31.6 (88.9) |
41.2 (106.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 22.7 (72.9) |
24.9 (76.8) |
28.6 (83.5) |
31.5 (88.7) |
33.2 (91.8) |
33.7 (92.7) |
33.3 (91.9) |
32.5 (90.5) |
31.1 (88.0) |
29.1 (84.4) |
26.5 (79.7) |
22.9 (73.2) |
29.2 (84.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 18.0 (64.4) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.7 (72.9) |
25.7 (78.3) |
27.5 (81.5) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.5 (81.5) |
26.5 (79.7) |
24.7 (76.5) |
22.2 (72.0) |
18.8 (65.8) |
24.2 (75.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.1 (59.2) |
16.4 (61.5) |
19.1 (66.4) |
22.2 (72.0) |
24.2 (75.6) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.5 (76.1) |
23.7 (74.7) |
22.0 (71.6) |
19.5 (67.1) |
16.2 (61.2) |
21.1 (70.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 5.2 (41.4) |
6.7 (44.1) |
5.3 (41.5) |
13.0 (55.4) |
16.1 (61.0) |
19.4 (66.9) |
20.6 (69.1) |
21.2 (70.2) |
18.0 (64.4) |
12.2 (54.0) |
8.6 (47.5) |
3.7 (38.7) |
3.7 (38.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 18.9 (0.74) |
19.6 (0.77) |
45.1 (1.78) |
92.8 (3.65) |
231.0 (9.09) |
209.8 (8.26) |
267.6 (10.54) |
363.2 (14.30) |
323.1 (12.72) |
234.6 (9.24) |
82.2 (3.24) |
43.8 (1.72) |
1,931.7 (76.05) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 9.8 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 11.4 | 17.9 | 15.6 | 17.4 | 18.9 | 18.0 | 12.6 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 158.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 83 | 81 | 79 | 77 | 78 | 77 | 79 | 83 | 85 | 82 | 82 | 83 | 81 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 121.0 | 124.9 | 156.4 | 174.3 | 206.2 | 204.8 | 213.9 | 194.7 | 157.1 | 159.5 | 131.7 | 102.0 | 1,946.5 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 35 | 38 | 42 | 46 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 49 | 43 | 44 | 39 | 30 | 44 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[12][13]all-time extreme temperature[14] | |||||||||||||
See also
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- ^ 儋州市第六次人口普查主要数据公报 [Danzhou Sixth Population Census Data Bulletin] (in Simplified Chinese). Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
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- ^ "A new airport on Hainan Island to be built in Danzhou - What's on Sanya". Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ 儋州机场选址初定梅花岭 张琦严朝君出席会议并讲话. Danzhou Municipal People's Government. 19 December 2012. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
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- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
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