Haikou
Haikou
海口市 Hoihow | |
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| City of Haikou | |
Top: Panoramic view of Haikou from Xixiu Beach, Middle from left: A facade building in Zhongshan Road in Qiongshan District, Hainan Performance of Art Center, Haikou Century Bridge and Nandu River, Bottom: Haikou People's Park in Lonhua District | |
| Nickname: Coconut City (椰城) | |
Location of Haikou City jurisdiction in Hainan | |
Haikou Location of the city centre in Hainan | |
| Coordinates (Hainan People's Government): 20°01′07″N 110°20′56″E / 20.0186°N 110.3488°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Hainan |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture-level city |
| • Body | Haikou Municipal People's Congress |
| • CCP Committee Secretary | Ding Hui Acting |
| • Congress Chairman | Han Yingwei |
| • Mayor | Ding Hui |
| • CPPCC Chairman | Guo Yanhong |
| Area | |
| 2,237 km2 (864 sq mi) | |
| • Urban (2018)[1] | 427 km2 (165 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,280 km2 (880 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 Census)[2] | |
| 3,001,600 | |
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,500/sq mi) |
| • Urban (2018)[1] | 2,250,000 |
| • Urban density | 5,300/km2 (14,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,046,189 |
| • Metro density | 900/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
| GDP[3] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 235.8 billion US$ 33.4 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 80,837 US$ 11,408 |
| Time zone | UTC+08:00 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 570000 |
| Area code | 898 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-HI-01 |
| Website | haikou.gov.cn |
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"Haikou", as written in Chinese | |||||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 海口 | ||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Hoihow | ||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Mouth of the sea | ||||||||||||||||
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Haikou[a] is the capital and most populous city of the Chinese province of Hainan.[5] Haikou city is situated on the northern coast of Hainan, by the mouth of the Nandu River. The northern part of the city is on the Haidian Island, which is separated from the main part of Haikou by the Haidian River, a branch of the Nandu. Administratively, Haikou is a prefecture-level city, comprising four districts, and covering 2,280 square kilometres (880 sq mi). There are 2,046,189 inhabitants in the built-up area, all living within the four urban districts of the city.[6]
Haikou was originally a port city, serving as the port for Qiongshan. During the Chinese Civil War, Haikou was one of the last Nationalist strongholds to be taken by the Communists – with the Battle of Hainan Island in 1950. Currently, more than half of the island's total trade still goes through Haikou's ports. The Temple of the Five Lords is located to the southeast of the city.
The city is home to Hainan University, a comprehensive research university under the Project 211 and the Double First Class University Plan in certain disciplines,[7] which has its main campus on Haidian Island.
- ^ a b Cox, W (2018). Demographia World Urban Areas. 14th Annual Edition (PDF). St. Louis: Demographia. p. 22.
- ^ 海南省统计局 海南省第七次全国人口普查领导小组办公室. "海南省第七次全国人口普查公报（第二号）". 海南省统计局. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
- ^ 海南省统计局、国家统计局海南调查总队 (November 2022). 《海南统计年鉴－2022》. China Statistics Press. ISBN 978-7-5037-7838-4. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
- ^ "Haikou". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on May 19, 2021.
- ^ "Illuminating China's Provinces, Municipalities and Autonomous Regions". PRC Central Government Official Website. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
- ^ 海口市2010第六次人口普查主要数据公报. Haikou People's Government (in Chinese). Haikou Municipal Bureau of Statistics. 11 May 2011. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ 教育部 财政部 国家发展改革委 关于公布世界一流大学和一流学科建设高校及建设 学科名单的通知 [Notice from the Ministry of Education and other national governmental departments announcing the list of double first class universities and disciplines] (in Chinese). Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China.
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