Qiongshan District

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Qiongshan
琼山区
Kiungshan; Chiungshan
District
ChinaHaikouQiongshan.png
Qiongshan is located in Hainan
Qiongshan
Qiongshan
Location in Hainan
Coordinates: 20°00′12″N 110°21′14″E / 20.0032°N 110.3540°E / 20.0032; 110.3540Coordinates: 20°00′12″N 110°21′14″E / 20.0032°N 110.3540°E / 20.0032; 110.3540
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHainan
Prefecture-level cityHaikou
Area
 • Total928.62 km2 (358.54 sq mi)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total360,000
 • Density390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China standard time)
Qiongshan
Simplified Chinese琼山
Traditional Chinese瓊山
PostalKiungshan
Literal meaningJade Mountain
Former names
Qiongzhou
Traditional Chinese瓊州
Simplified Chinese琼州
PostalKiungchow
Literal meaningJade Prefecture

Qiongshan District, alternately romanized as Kiungshan, is one of 4 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Haikou, the capital of Hainan Province, South China.

History[]

As Qiongzhou, formerly romanized as Kiungchow,[a] the district was formerly a separate city which served as the center of Chinese administration on Hainan Island when it formed a part of Guangdong Province.[1]

The British Consulate in Kiungchow was opened in April 1876, as a result of the Treaty of Tientsin in 1858.[2]

Geography[]

Dongzhai Port Nature Reserve is located in the district and has an area of 2,500 hectares (6,200 acres). It includes six rivers, an irregular coastline, and a number of bays and tidewater gullies. The mangrove forest on the south coast provides a habitat for birds and other wildlife.[3]

Demographics[]

Mandarin is the official language of administration and education, but locals also speak Haikou dialect of Hainanese (a Min language), while other ethnic groups also speak the of Lingao.

Notable residents[]

Hai Rui, Ming official and namesake of , was from Qiongshan. Chen Yuyi, chairman of the CPPCC Hainan Provincial Committee, was born in Qiongshan in 1936.

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Other romanizations of Qiongzhou include Keung-chow Foo.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878), "China" , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 5 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
  2. ^ Nield, Robert. “China’s Southernmost Treaty Port.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch, vol. 52, Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch, 2012, pp. 67. "But the first steps in opening the port had been taken and in 1876 a British consul was sent, the port being declared open on 1 April that year. Quite prudently, one of his first actions was to agree that there should be no settlement or concession yet; he chose instead to wait and see. Moreover, even though Kiungchow had no shops to speak of, there was a fair amount of trade being conducted by local merchants and it was not clear where the foreigners would fit in."
  3. ^ "Dongzhai Port Nature Reserve". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.

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