Location Overview
Basic Information
Sanya Sanya City is located in the southernmost tip of Hainan Island is located between latitude 18°09′34〃~18°37′27〃 north and longitude 108°56′30〃~109°48′28〃 east. It is adjacent to Lingshui County in the east, Baoting County in the north, Ledong County in the west and the South China Sea in the south. The city covers an area of 1,919.58 square kilometers, of which 37 square kilometers is the planned urban area. It is 91.6 kilometers long from east to west and 51 kilometers wide from north to south. The whole territory of the north by high mountains, south of the sea, the terrain from north to south gradually tilted, forming a long and narrow polygon. The coastline of the territory is 209.1 kilometers long, and there are 19 large and small harbors. The main ports are Sanya Port, Yulin Port, Nanshan Port, Tiefang Port and Liudao Port. The main bays are Sanya Bay, Haitang Bay, Yalong Bay, Yazhou Bay, Dadonghai Bay and Moon Bay. There are 40 large and small islands, 10 major islands, the larger ones are 2.12 square kilometers of Ximaozhou Island and 1.05 square kilometers of Wuqizhou Island. It is the southernmost important port for foreign trade on the golden coastline of China's southeastern coast open to the outside world, and is one of the gateways to the world for China.
History
Sanya, known as Yazhou in ancient times, has a long history, a long history and a colorful culture. Tianya Haijiao, Daxiaodongtian, Yazhou Ancient City, Lubidong Sanya Ancient Human Ruins, etc. all contain rich history and culture. As early as in the period of Qin Shi Huang set up three counties in the south, Yazhou is one of the elephant county. In the Han Dynasty, Zhuya County was established in the present Yacheng Town of Sanya City, and in the Sui Dynasty, Linzhen County was set up, which was changed to Zhenzhou in the Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, it became the southernmost prefecture in China. Because of its distance from the imperial capital and its isolation overseas, Sanya has been called "the end of the world" since ancient times. Tang Dynasty Chancellor Han Yuan, the famous monk Jianzhen, the Song Dynasty, Zhao Ding, Minister Hu Quan and textile Huang Daobao, etc. have come to Yazhou, the region's economic and cultural exchanges and development made an important contribution. September 26, 1987, the State Council approved the Sanya City upgraded to the prefecture-level city, one of the country's four prefectural-level cities without districts. Sanya is located in the southernmost part of Hainan Province, is China's only tropical coastal tourist city, within the territory of the collection of sunshine, seawater, beaches, climate, forests, animals, hot springs, caves, idyllic, style and other ten major scenic resources. 2007 Beijing Organizing Committee of the Beijing Olympic Games announced that Sanya became the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the first stop of the domestic torch relay.
Location
Aerial view of Sanya Sanya has a unique location advantage in international economic relations. From Sanya, it is about 900 kilometers closer to the Philippines to the Western Pacific Ocean in the east, to Australia to the South Pacific Ocean in the south, and to the Indian Ocean as well as the Atlantic Ocean in the southwest via the Central and South China Peninsula, than it is from Guangzhou, which makes it the real southern gate of the motherland. Sanya is also the rear base for protecting the islands in the South China Sea, and its strategic location is of great significance in national defense.
Administration
The city has jurisdiction over two management districts (Hedong Management District, Hexi Management District), one office (Nanhai Office), 10 townships (Fujiqiao Township, Linwang Township, Hongsha Township, Tiandu Township, Yanglan Township, Lizhi Gou Township, Tianya Township, Yacheng Township, Baogang Township, Meishan Township), and three townships (Gaofeng, Yucai, Yaliang). It also has jurisdiction over five state-run farms, Nantian, Nansin, Nandao, Licai and Nanbin.
Population
Sanya City is a place where more than 20 ethnic groups, including Han, Li, Miao, Hui, etc. At the end of 2008, the city's resident population of 565,000 people, the household population of 545,800 people, of which the population of the Nongkeng system of 62,200 people, for the sustained and rapid economic and social development of the population to create a favorable environment. The city is inhabited by many ethnic groups, with more than 20 ethnic groups, including Han, Li, Miao and Hui. Minority populations account for 41.5% of the total population, including 188,000 Li, 4,304 Miao and 9,076 Hui. Languages include Mandarin, Hainanese, Military, Mai, Li, Huihui, Danzhou and Egg Family.
Climate
Average annual precipitation of 1,263 millimeters, June to October rainy season, typhoon season tends to rain more. Precipitation accounts for 90.2% of the year. Sanya Harbor is fog-free all year round. The average annual temperature is 25.5℃, with the highest temperature in July and a monthly average of 28.3℃, and the lowest temperature in January and a monthly average of 20.7℃. It is irregular daily tide type, mainly daily tide, 14 days a month for the daily tide, the highest tide level of 2.2 meters, lasting 16 hours, the lowest tide level of 0.6 meters, the average tide level of 1.03 meters, the maximum tide difference of 2.26 meters, the minimum tide difference of 0.06 meters. The average tide difference was 0.79 meters. At high tide, the water is divided into two tributaries, one flowing southeast into the Sanya River through the pier, with a flow rate of 0.35 m/s; the other flowing northwest from the White Pai Reef gap, with a flow rate of 0.35 m/s. The other flowing northwest from the White Pai Reef gap, with a flow rate of 0.35 m/s. Low tide flow direction is opposite, the flow velocity is 1.08 m / s and 0.07 m / s respectively. Falling tide time lasts 8 hours, sediment is brought into the sea by the falling tide, the harbor pool back to less silt. Sanya has little change in cold and heat during the four seasons and is a winter resort in China. It is suitable for traveling all year round. The best time to visit Sanya is from September to April every year.
Gourmet Snacks
Snacks: Hong Kong door noodles, Hainan noodles, Lingshui sour noodles, hold Luo noodles, black beans and rice, Hainan dumplings, Qingzhengliang, bamboo rice, Hainan chicken rice
Gourmet Foods: Fujiqiao pork ribs Lincao suckling pig Coconut eight treasures of rice Hui Fresh Fish Soup Warm Springs Goose pumpkin rice Gaji Duck Hele Crab Wenchang Chicken Dongshan Goat Hainanese dishes, Huangliu old duck, etc.
Fruits: Mango, dragon fruit, lychee, longan, polonium, durian, coconut and so on.
[edit]Transportation
Highway
Hainan Island's highway from the early Haiyu East, Central and West lines to the development of the current East and West two highways, the island's major counties and cities closely linked, in the underdeveloped railroad transportation on the island highway became the island's first choice for transportation, in the East and West after the commissioning of the second line has been playing an important role. The highway is the main transportation artery of the island. It is the main artery of transportation on the island.
Aviation
Twilight in Sanya Bay Sanya Phoenix International Airport, located 26 kilometers west of Sanya City, is one of the major airports for transportation in China, which bears the heavy responsibility of Sanya's access to the country and even the world. Sanya Phoenix International Airport, IATA code SYX, is located in Hainan Island, Hainan Province, Sanya City, northwest of the town of Yanglan Phoenix Village, about 14 kilometers from the center of Sanya City in the east, 5 kilometers from the west of the Tianya Haijiao tourist scenic area. Sanya Phoenix International Airport was built in June 1994, July 1 officially opened.
Port
Sanya is a seaside city, the locals rely on fishing and shipping since ancient times, the port is naturally a big window of Sanya, from the early Yulin Port to the present Sanya Port have witnessed the development of shipping in Sanya!
Ethnicity and Religion
Sanya City is a multi-ethnic area inhabited by Han, Li, Miao, Hui and other ethnic groups, the city's total population of 554,100 people (2007 statistics), of which 219,300 are ethnic minorities, accounting for 41.8% of the total population. Ethnic minorities are predominantly Li, Miao and Hui, with 208,300 Li, accounting for 39.8% of the total population and 95% of the ethnic minority population; 3,382 Miao, accounting for 0.65% of the total population and 1.54% of the ethnic minority population; 7,185 Hui, accounting for 1.4% of the total population and 3.3% of the ethnic minority population; and 433 people from other ethnic minorities, accounting for 0.08% of the total population and 0.20% of the ethnic minority population. The Li ethnic group is mainly distributed in one district and six towns, namely: Hedong District, Haitang Bay Town, Tianduo Town, Phoenix Town, Tianya Town, Yacheng Town and Yucai Town; the Miao ethnic group is mainly distributed in the peak area of Phoenix Town, and in the Yaliang area of Yucai Town; and the Hui ethnic group is mainly distributed in the two neighborhood committees of Huihui and Huixin in Phoenix Town. Li-Miao songs and dances are representative of Sanya's dance art, whose gestures are distilled from the basic movements of hunting and farming, and whose melodies are distilled from traditional folk songs. Whenever there is a good harvest and a new spring festival, the compatriots of Li-Miao in "March 3" coincide, bring their children, come to the open place of the village, light torches, sound gongs, and dance the "Deer-beating Dance", "Deer Returning to the Head", "Coconut Dance", "Coconut Dance", "Deer Returning to the Head", and "Coconut Dance". "Deer Fighting Dance", "Deer Hau Tou", "Coconut Shell Dance" and other celebratory dances are performed for self-entertainment and enjoyment, and the singing and dancing are also harmonious. Among them, "Jumping Chai Dance" has been awarded as one of the national excellent dance programs and designated as one of the national minorities' reserved dances. Coconut crafts with different postures, shellfish crafts and a variety of marine animal taxidermy, butterfly taxidermy, is Sanya's new rise in the Hainan tourism commodities market of new varieties of arts and crafts. Individuals antipyretic patches seven lovers before 3 passionate hair unshared mediator Ren let me think mess with me task two
Sanya 20 "China's best"
1, China's southernmost coastal city.
2, China's longest sunshine city, nearly 300 days of sunshine throughout the year.
3, China's city with the best average annual temperature, the average annual temperature of 25.4 ℃.
4, China's best air quality city, the negative oxygen ion content ranks first in China and second in the world.
5, China's longest-lived region (life expectancy of 80 years). There are more than 400 people over 100 years old in Hainan Province and more than 70 in Sanya City.
6, China's best health city, known as a natural oxygen bar, rehabilitation center.
7, China's best city for human habitat environment, with seawater, beach, sunshine, climate, animals, plants, caves, hot springs, forests and other vacation and leisure elements.
8, there is China's largest and most beautiful civilian bay, Sanya Bay, with 17 kilometers of sandy beaches, bathing beaches, coconut groves, green grass, flowers, and coastal roads to accompany.
9. It has been honored by the United Nations as "the world's most suitable city for human habitation".
10, China's first choice for winter vacation and recuperation tourism, leisure and vacation destination.
11, China's only tropical coastal international tourism city.
12, China's first batch of excellent tourist cities.
13, the first batch of national ecological demonstration areas.
14, China's highest tourism revenue equivalent to the city's total output value (68.78% in 2005).
15, the world's largest gold and jade statue of Buddha - Nanshan "gold and jade Guanyin" statue 3.8 meters high, *** used more than 100 kilograms of gold, more than 120 carats of South African diamonds, more than 100 kilograms of emerald jade, rubies, emeralds, coral, turquoise, pearls and other wonders of the treasure of a thousand grains, worth 192 million yuan, equipped with Shakyamuni Buddha relics a, ancient Buddha relics a. 1999, gold and jade Guanyin icon in the Guinness Book of World.
16, Sanya Nanshan sea Guanyin statue 108 meters high, the world's largest, in April 2005 has been opened.
17. China's first Miss World Final was held in Sanya for three consecutive years in 2003, 2004 and 2005.
18, the world's largest ink stone - "the world's first ink stone" is now Nanshan.
19, China's first five-star resort hotel - Yalong Bay Kelai Resort.
20, China's largest and best diving base - Yalong Bay Diving Base.
[edit]Sanya Tourism
Da Donghai diving is like less than the Great Wall is not a good man, some people say, to Hainan less than Sanya, equal to not to Hainan. Continuous development of new scenic spots, continuous improvement and innovation of the old brand, attracting many domestic and foreign tourists to travel and leisure, sightseeing and vacation. Yalong Bay, Shell Museum, Butterfly Valley, Nanshan Buddhist Cultural Park, Nanshan Sea Goddess of Mercy, Love World, Tianya Haijiao Ethnic Park, Luhuitou Park, Egret Park, Phoenix Plaza, or to win the natural scenery, or to attract people to stop at historical sites, or religious culture, humanistic care, folk customs to impress the people, or to the international brand of hotels, amusement facilities, service cordiality to the point and has become a vacation! Leisure resorts, so that visitors to stay ......
Sanya tourism characteristics
Diving, outdoor tourism, marine sports, golf, ecotourism, coastal tourism, vacation and leisure tourism.
[edit]Sanya Shopping
Sanya tourism shopping from scratch.
In the past, Sanya had only one shopping street, Hongqi Street. Today, summer department store, a party department store, Tianhong shopping mall, Pearl Plaza (view map), Tiancheng Warehouse, Wanghao Supermarket, Jiefang Road Pedestrian Street, innovative five floors (mainly divided into six floors, the first floor of the main business cell phones, MP3, 4, two or three floors of the main operation of computers and office equipment, four, five or six mainly operating in the clothing category), such as a number of shopping centers, for the public and domestic and foreign tourists to provide a wealth of varied choices. After visiting Sanya's tourist attractions, tourists will be shopping malls, supermarkets, in a wide range of Sanya, Hainan specialties, searching for a satisfactory homecoming gift, happy to "Sanya, Hainan" to bring back to their hometowns ......
Sanya's The change is huge, especially the rapid development of tourism, the world attention. As an ordinary Sanya citizen, I feel very proud of her, very proud! A thousand words, can not say all I want to say the voice of the heart. It boils down to one sentence: "Beautiful Sanya, romantic end of the world." This is Sanya's city card, but also the epitome of Sanya's 20 years of development and a true reflection.