Seat Nada Website www.danzhou.gov.cn Local time Friday 8:37 PM | Postal code 571700 Area 3,400 km² Population 932,362 (2010) | |
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Country People's Republic of China Time zone China Standard Time (UTC+8) Weather 22°C, Wind NW at 3 km/h, 70% Humidity Points of interest Dongpo Academy, Shihua Water Tunnel, Hainan Tropical Botanical | ||
Danzhou (Chinese: 儋州) is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of the Chinese island province of Hainan. Although called a "city", Danzhou administers a large area which was called Dan County or Danxian (儋县) until 1993. The administrative seat and urban center of Danzhou is Nada Town, which is often colloquially referred to as Danzhou city. Danzhou was upgraded from a county-level city into a prefecture-level city in February 2015.
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Map of Danzhou, Hainan, China
Subdivisions
Danzhou has direct jurisdiction over 17 towns (镇 zhen), one state-run institute, and four state-run farms plus an economic development zone.
Demographics
The city's population was 932,362 in 2010. The Han population is 857,342 and the minority population is 75,020.
Transportation
The area will be served by Danzhou Airport, an under-construction airport in approximately 25 km northeast of Nada. It will be international-class, built to handle the increasing amount of tourists visiting the area. The airport is scheduled for completion in 2015.
The Hainan Western Ring High-Speed Railway also provides access.