Qiongshan 琼山区 Kiungshan; Chiungshan | |
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District | |
)  Qiongshan Location in Hainan | |
| Coordinates: 20°00′12″N 110°21′14″E / 20.0032°N 110.3540°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hainan |
| Prefecture-level city | Haikou |
| Area | |
| • Total | 940 km2 (360 sq mi) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 360,000 |
| • Density | 380/km2 (990/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China standard time) |
| Qiongshan | |||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 琼山 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 瓊山 | ||||||||
| Postal | Kiungshan | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Jade Mountain | ||||||||
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| Former names | |||||||||
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| Qiongzhou | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 瓊州 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 琼州 | ||||||||
| Postal | Kiungchow | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Jade Prefecture | ||||||||
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Qiongshan District, alternately romanized as Kiungshan, is one of 4 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Haikou, the capital of Hainan Province, South China.
History
As Qiongzhou, formerly romanized as Kiungchow,[a] the district was formerly a separate city which served as the center of Chinese administration on Hainan Island when it formed a part of Guangdong Province.[1]
Geography
Dongzhai Port Nature Reserve is located in the district and has an area of 2,500 hectares (6,200 acres). It includes six rivers, an irregular coastline, and a number of bays and tidewater gullies. The mangrove forest on the south coast provides a habitat for birds and other wildlife.[2]
Demographics
Mandarin is the official language of administration and education, but locals also speak Haikou dialect of Hainanese (a Min language), while other ethnic groups also speak the Qiongshan dialect of Lingao.
Notable residents
Hai Rui, Ming official and namesake of Hai Rui Park, was from Qiongshan. Chen Yuyi, chairman of the CPPCC Hainan Provincial Committee, was born in Qiongshan in 1936.
See also
Notes
References
- ^ a b Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed. (1878), Vol. V, "China".
- ^ "Dongzhai Port Nature Reserve". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
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