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Danzhou


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US$ 12.9 billion
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US$ 12.9 billion US$ 13,292

Danzhou () 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.

History

What is now Danzhou was settled by Cantonese peasants firstly named Danzhou () 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.

During World War II, 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.

Politics and governance

Incumbent leadership

Party Secretary: (邹广), assumed office May 2023

Congress Standing Committee Chairman: Vacant since May 30, 2025

Mayor: Chen Yang (陈阳), assumed office July 28, 2023

People's Political Consultative Conference Chairman: Jiang Mingqing (蒋明清), assumed office January 8, 2023.

Danzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau

The Danzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau (儋州市公安局) is the municipal law enforcement agency of Danzhou. In 2024, it had a budget of 501.9 million RMB, and operated 177 police vehicles.

Subdivisions

Danzhou 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 (), one state-run institute, and four state-run farms plus an economic development zone:

MapNameSimplified ChineseHanyu PinyinPopulation
(2010 census)Area
(km2)Density
(/km2)Division codeResidential communitiesAdministrative villages460400100460400101460400102460400103460400104460400105460400106460400115460401001460400107460400108460400109460400111460400112460400113460400114460400116
Chengqu Area城区片区Chéngqū Piànqū562,8631,468.7383.248 towns
Nada那大镇Nàdà Zhèn256,652179.21432.201020
Heqing和庆镇Héqìng Zhèn20,729188.4110.03111
南丰镇Nánfēng Zhèn23,669260.390.93110
大成镇Dàchéng Zhèn84,620295.4286.4615
雅星镇Yǎxīng Zhèn76,427170449.57212
兰洋镇Lányáng Zhèn23,711186.9126.86114
光村镇Guāngcūn Zhèn27,80372386.15110
东成镇Dōngchéng Zhèn49,252116.5422.76121
Binhai Area滨海片区Bīnhǎi Piànqū369,493811.6455.261 subdistrict, 8 towns
三都区Sān dū qū76,75788872.239
木棠镇Mùtáng Zhèn40,37384480.6325
海头镇Hǎitóu Zhèn34,648195.8176.96410
峨蔓镇Émàn Zhèn17,31770.5245.6313
王五镇Wángwǔ Zhèn24,274126.3192.1918
Baimajing白马井镇Báimǎjǐng Zhèn59,58554.71089.30615
Zhonghe中和镇Zhōnghé Zhèn31,64651.5614.48111
排浦镇Páipǔ Zhèn17,57795.8183.4717
新州镇Xīnzhōu Zhèn67,316451495.911219

Demographics

The city's population was in 2010. The Han population is 857,342 and the minority population is 75,020.

Language

The Danzhou natives mainly speak the Danzhou dialect of Yue language, unlike Hainan Min language that is spoken throughout most of eastern Hainan.

Transportation

The area will be served by Danzhou Airport, an under-construction airport approximately 25 km northeast of Nada. It will be international-class, built to handle the increasing number of tourists visiting the area. The airport is scheduled for completion in 2022.

The Hainan Western Ring High-Speed Railway also provides access.

National priority protected sites

  • Dongpo Academy (4th Batch, 1996)
  • (6th Batch, 2006)
  • Yangpu Ancient Salt Field (7th Batch, 2013)

Climate

The area has a tropical wet and dry climate (Köppen Aw), 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. | Jan record high C = 34.2 | Jan record low C = 0.4 | Feb record high C = 37.4 | Feb record low C = 6.7 | Mar record high C = 38.7 | Mar record low C = 5.3 | Apr record high C = 41.2 | Apr record low C = 13.0 | May record high C = 41.1 | May record low C = 16.1 | Jun record high C = 38.6 | Jun record low C = 19.4 | Jul record high C = 39.1 | Jul record low C = 20.6 | Aug record high C = 37.0 | Aug record low C = 21.2 | Sep record high C = 35.9 | Sep record low C = 18.0 | Oct record high C = 34.2 | Oct record low C = 12.2 | Nov record high C = 34.2 | Nov record low C = 8.6 | Dec record high C = 33.2 | Dec record low C = 3.7 all-time extreme temperature{{cite web |access-date= 2024-09-15

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