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Haikou City, means the entrance of the sea, it’s a tropical city with rich resources and a history of more than a thousand years as a port. It was from the provincial capital of Hainan province,  and Hainan island is one of the biggest land in China.

The city lies at the northern end of Hainan Island is located. The land is flat and the longest river in the island of Hainan, the Nandu River, winding through the city in the north. The area is usually terraces and plains, with an average height of not more than 100 meters.

The Hainan-street in the north of the city separates the island from the province of Guangdong. There are about 131 kilometers offshore in the city, occupying an area of 830 square kilometers. The beaches in Haikou are long and wide, with fine white sand. Beaches like the Holiday Beach are the Dongzhai Port Beach and Beach Guilinyang popular places for visitors, together with islands and mud flats of the sea.

Haikou features natural vegetation in tropical shrubs. It is known as the “Coconut City” by the coconut trees that line the streets. The Dongzhai Harbor Mangrove Nature Reserve area is located northeast of the city of Haikou, and is of mangrove trees and other plants together.

Phone Code: 0898
ZIP: 570,126
Area: 2304.84 kilometers ²
Population: 1600000
Nationality: The majority of the population is of Han, some of them are Li, Miao and Zhuang.
Administrative divisions: Xiuying, Longhua District, and Qiongshan Meilan District.

09/19/2009