Hainan
province of China
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Hainan is an administrative area located in the People's Republic of China. As of 2020, it has a population of 10.1M[1]. The area of Hainan spans 34k. Its elevation reaches 1.8k.
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: People's Republic of China[3]
- Country: People's Republic of China[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: South China Sea[5]
- Head of government: Feng Fei[6]
- Instance of: first-level administrative division[7]
- Capital: Haikou[8]
- Shares border with: Guangxi[9], Guangdong[10], Philippines[11], Vietnam[12], Indonesia[13], Brunei[14], Malaysia[15]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Wuzhishan City[16], Haikou[17], Qionghai[18], Danzhou[19], Wenchang[20], Wanning[21], Dongfang[22], Ding'an County[23], Tunchang County[24], Chengmai County[25], Lingao County[26], Baisha Li Autonomous County[27], Changjiang Li Autonomous County[28], Ledong Li Autonomous County[29]
- Twinned administrative body: Phuket[30], Hyōgo Prefecture[31], Prince Edward Island[32], Newcastle upon Tyne[33]
- Legislative body: Hainan Provincial People's Congress[34]
- Party chief representative: Shen Xiaoming[35]
- Part of: South China[36]
- Commons category: Hainan[37]
- Licence plate code: 琼[38]
- Located in time zone: UTC+08:00[39]
- Foundational text: Q18886886[40]
- Highest point: Wuzhi Mountain[41]
- Located in/on physical feature: South China Sea[42], Southeast Asia[43]
- Official website: https://www.hainan.gov.cn/[44], https://en.hainan.gov.cn/[45]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hainan[46]
- Commons gallery: 海南[47]
- Population: 9,171,300[48], 8,671,518[49], 10,081,232[50]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[51], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[52], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[53], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[54]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Hainan include Chinese landing helicopter dock Hainan[55], a landing helicopter dock[56], in People's Republic of China[57].
Why It Matters
Hainan has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] Hainan is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]
Entities named for Hainan include Chinese landing helicopter dock Hainan[55], a landing helicopter dock[56], in People's Republic of China[57].