Danzhou
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Danzhou ( ) is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of the Chinese island province of Hainan. The administrative seat and urban center of Danzhou is Nada Town. Danzhou was upgraded from a county-level city into a prefecture-level city in February 2015.
Danzhou ( ) is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of the Chinese island province of Hainan. The administrative seat and urban center of Danzhou is Nada Town. Danzhou was upgraded from a county-level city into a prefecture-level city in February 2015.
History
What is now Danzhou was firstly named Danzhou ( ) in the 12th century during the Song dynasty 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. During World War II, Danzhou was among the top most devastated counties in Hainan as the Japanese had massacred more than 30,000 people in Danzhou, destroying over than 10,000 houses and 300 Danzhou villages.
Language
The Danzhou natives mainly speak the Danzhou dialect of Yue language, unlike Hainan Min language that is spoken throughout most of eastern Hainan.
Transportation
The area will be served by Danzhou Airport, an under-construction airport approximately northeast of Nada. It will be international-class, built to handle the increasing number of tourists visiting the area. The airport is scheduled for completion in 2022. The Hainan Western Ring High-Speed Railway also provides access.
Climate
The area has a tropical wet and dry climate (Köppen Aw), 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.
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