Qiongshan, Haikou

Qiongshan 琼山区 Kiungshan; Chiungshan
District
Qiongshan Location in Hainan
Coordinates: 20°00′12″N 110°21′14″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hainan
Prefecture-level city	Haikou
Area
• Total	940 km2 (360 sq mi)
Population  (2002)
• Total	360,000
• Density	380/km2 (990/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China standard time)

Qiongshan
Simplified Chinese	琼山
Traditional Chinese	瓊山
Postal	Kiungshan
Literal meaning	Jade Mountain
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Qióngshān Wade–Giles Ch‘iung-shan

Former names
Qiongzhou
Traditional Chinese	瓊州
Simplified Chinese	琼州
Postal	Kiungchow
Literal meaning	Jade Prefecture
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Qióngzhōu Wade–Giles Ch‘iung-chou

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, 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.

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.

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 Qiongshan dialect of Lingao.

Notable residents

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

See also

• Qiongzhou Strait

External links

• Information about Qiongshan