Danzhou 儋州市 | |
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| City of Danzhou | |
.jpg) Yangpu Port  Dongpo Academy  Nandu River | |
.png) Location of Danzhou City jurisdiction in Hainan | |
| Coordinates (Danzhou municipal government):19°31′15″N109°34′51″E / 19.5209°N 109.5808°E /19.5209; 109.5808 | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Hainan |
| Seat | Nada |
| Government | |
| • Party Secretary | Zou Guang [zh] |
| • Congress Standing Committee Chairman | Vacant |
| • Mayor | Chen Yang |
| • People's Political Consultative Conference Chairman | Jiang Mingqing |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,394 km2 (1,310 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 954,259 |
| • Density | 281.2/km2 (728.2/sq mi) |
| GDP[2] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 83.2 billion US$ 12.9 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 85,755 US$ 13,292 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard Time) |
| Postal code | 571700[3] |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-HI-04 |
| Website | danzhou.gov.cn |
Danzhou (Chinese:儋州;pinyin:Dānzhōu) is aprefecture-level city in the northwest of the Chinese island province ofHainan. The administrative seat and urban center of Danzhou isNada Town. Danzhou was upgraded from a county-level city into a prefecture-level city in February 2015.
What is now Danzhou was settled by Cantonese peasants firstly named Danzhou (儋州) 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.[citation needed]
DuringWorld War II, Danzhou was among the top most devastated counties in Hainan as the Japanese had massacred more than 30,000Cantonese people in Danzhou, destroying over than 10,000 houses and 300 Danzhou villages.[4]
Party Secretary:Zou Guang [zh] (邹广), assumed office May 2023[5]
Congress Standing Committee Chairman: Vacant since May 30, 2025[6]
Mayor: Chen Yang (陈阳), assumed office July 28, 2023[7][8]
People's Political Consultative Conference Chairman: Jiang Mingqing (蒋明清), assumed office January 8, 2023.[9]
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 millionRMB, and operated 177 police vehicles.[10]
Danzhou is aprefecture-level city of theHainanprovince. An uncommon administrative feature is that it has nocounty-level division. The city government directly administers over 17towns (镇;zhèn), one state-run institute, and four state-run farms plus an economic development zone:
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| Name[11] | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2010 census) | Area (km2) | Density (/km2) | Division code[12] | Residential communities | Administrative villages |
| Chengqu Area | 城区片区 | Chéngqū Piànqū | 562,863 | 1,468.7 | 383.24 | — | 8 towns | |
| Nada[n 1] | 那大镇 | Nàdà Zhèn | 256,652 | 179.2 | 1432.20 | 460400100 | 10 | 20 |
| Heqing | 和庆镇 | Héqìng Zhèn | 20,729 | 188.4 | 110.03 | 460400101 | 1 | 11 |
| Nanfeng [zh] | 南丰镇 | Nánfēng Zhèn | 23,669 | 260.3 | 90.93 | 460400102 | 1 | 10 |
| Dacheng [zh][n 2] | 大成镇 | Dàchéng Zhèn | 84,620 | 295.4 | 286.46 | 460400103 | 1 | 5 |
| Yaxing [zh][n 3] | 雅星镇 | Yǎxīng Zhèn | 76,427 | 170 | 449.57 | 460400104 | 2 | 12 |
| Lanyang [zh][n 4] | 兰洋镇 | Lányáng Zhèn | 23,711 | 186.9 | 126.86 | 460400105 | 1 | 14 |
| Guangcun [zh] | 光村镇 | Guāngcūn Zhèn | 27,803 | 72 | 386.15 | 460400106 | 1 | 10 |
| Dongcheng [zh] | 东成镇 | Dōngchéng Zhèn | 49,252 | 116.5 | 422.76 | 460400115 | 1 | 21 |
| Binhai Area | 滨海片区 | Bīnhǎi Piànqū | 369,493 | 811.6 | 455.26 | — | 1 subdistrict, 8 towns | |
| Sandu Administrative Zone [zh][n 5][13] | 三都区 | Sān dū qū | 76,757 | 88 | 872.23 | 460401001 | 9 | |
| Mutang [zh] | 木棠镇 | Mùtáng Zhèn | 40,373 | 84 | 480.63 | 460400107 | 25 | |
| Haitou [zh] | 海头镇 | Hǎitóu Zhèn | 34,648 | 195.8 | 176.96 | 460400108 | 4 | 10 |
| Eman [zh] | 峨蔓镇 | Émàn Zhèn | 17,317 | 70.5 | 245.63 | 460400109 | 13 | |
| Wangwu [zh] | 王五镇 | Wángwǔ Zhèn | 24,274 | 126.3 | 192.19 | 460400111 | 1 | 8 |
| Baimajing | 白马井镇 | Báimǎjǐng Zhèn | 59,585 | 54.7 | 1089.30 | 460400112 | 6 | 15 |
| Zhonghe | 中和镇 | Zhōnghé Zhèn | 31,646 | 51.5 | 614.48 | 460400113 | 1 | 11 |
| Paipu [zh] | 排浦镇 | Páipǔ Zhèn | 17,577 | 95.8 | 183.47 | 460400114 | 1 | 7 |
| Xinzhou [zh] | 新州镇 | Xīnzhōu Zhèn | 67,316 | 45 | 1495.91 | 460400116 | 12 | 19 |
The city's population was 932,362 in 2010. The Han population is 857,342 and the minority population is 75,020.[14]
The Danzhou natives mainly speak theDanzhou dialect ofYue language, unlikeHainan Min language that is spoken throughout most of eastern Hainan.
The area will be served byDanzhou Airport, an under-construction airport approximately 25 km (16 mi) northeast of Nada.[15] It will be international-class, built to handle the increasing number of tourists visiting the area. The airport is scheduled for completion in 2022.[16][17][18]
TheHainan Western Ring High-Speed Railway also provides access.
The area has atropical wet and dry climate (KöppenAw),[22] 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.
| Climate data for Danzhou, elevation 169 m (554 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 34.2 (93.6) | 37.4 (99.3) | 38.7 (101.7) | 41.2 (106.2) | 41.1 (106.0) | 38.6 (101.5) | 39.1 (102.4) | 37.0 (98.6) | 35.9 (96.6) | 34.2 (93.6) | 34.2 (93.6) | 33.2 (91.8) | 41.2 (106.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 22.7 (72.9) | 24.9 (76.8) | 28.6 (83.5) | 31.5 (88.7) | 33.2 (91.8) | 33.7 (92.7) | 33.3 (91.9) | 32.5 (90.5) | 31.1 (88.0) | 29.1 (84.4) | 26.5 (79.7) | 22.9 (73.2) | 29.2 (84.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 18.0 (64.4) | 19.6 (67.3) | 22.7 (72.9) | 25.7 (78.3) | 27.5 (81.5) | 28.5 (83.3) | 28.1 (82.6) | 27.5 (81.5) | 26.5 (79.7) | 24.7 (76.5) | 22.2 (72.0) | 18.8 (65.8) | 24.2 (75.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.1 (59.2) | 16.4 (61.5) | 19.1 (66.4) | 22.2 (72.0) | 24.2 (75.6) | 25.3 (77.5) | 25.0 (77.0) | 24.5 (76.1) | 23.7 (74.7) | 22.0 (71.6) | 19.5 (67.1) | 16.2 (61.2) | 21.1 (70.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 4.7 (40.5) | 6.7 (44.1) | 5.3 (41.5) | 13.0 (55.4) | 16.1 (61.0) | 19.4 (66.9) | 20.6 (69.1) | 21.2 (70.2) | 18.0 (64.4) | 12.2 (54.0) | 8.6 (47.5) | 3.7 (38.7) | 3.7 (38.7) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 18.9 (0.74) | 19.6 (0.77) | 45.1 (1.78) | 92.8 (3.65) | 231.0 (9.09) | 209.8 (8.26) | 267.6 (10.54) | 363.2 (14.30) | 323.1 (12.72) | 234.6 (9.24) | 82.2 (3.24) | 43.8 (1.72) | 1,931.7 (76.05) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 9.8 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 11.4 | 17.9 | 15.6 | 17.4 | 18.9 | 18.0 | 12.6 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 158.7 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 83 | 81 | 79 | 77 | 78 | 77 | 79 | 83 | 85 | 82 | 82 | 83 | 81 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 121.0 | 124.9 | 156.4 | 174.3 | 206.2 | 204.8 | 213.9 | 194.7 | 157.1 | 159.5 | 131.7 | 102.0 | 1,946.5 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 35 | 38 | 42 | 46 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 49 | 43 | 44 | 39 | 30 | 44 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[23][24] all-time extreme temperature[25] | |||||||||||||
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