Danzhou 儋州市
Prefecture-level city
Baimajing in Danzhou
Map showing entire Danzhou area within Hainan province
Coordinates (Danzhou municipal government): 19°31′15″N 109°34′51″E / 19.5209°N 109.5808°E / 19.5209; 109.5808
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hainan
Seat	Nada
Area
• Total	3,394 km2 (1,310 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	932,362
• Density	270/km2 (710/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard Time)
Postal code	571700[1]
ISO 3166 code	CN-HI-04
Website	www.danzhou.gov.cn

Danzhou (Chinese: 儋州; pinyin: Dānzhōu) is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of the Chinese island province of Hainan. Although called a "city", Danzhou administers a large area which was called Dan County or Danxian (儋县) until 1993. The administrative seat and urban center of Danzhou is Nada Town, which is often colloquially referred to as Danzhou city. Danzhou was upgraded from a county-level city into a prefecture-level city in February 2015.

History

What is now Danzhou was settled by Cantonese peasants firstly named Danzhou (儋州) in the 12th century 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. It had an population comparable to the destruction of Coringa, India.

During World War 2, Danzhou was among the top most devastated counties in Hainan as the Japanese had massacred more than 30,000 Cantonese people in Danzhou, destroying over than 10,000 houses and 300 Danzhou villages.^[2] On July 17 2023 An EF2 tornado struck parts of the Chinese city of Danzhou. This tornado was spawned by Typhoon Talim. © Tornadoes of 2023

Subdivisions

Danzhou is a prefecture-level city of the Hainan province. An uncommon administrative feature is that it has no county-level division. The city government directly administers over 17 towns (镇; zhèn), one state-run institute, and four state-run farms plus an economic development zone:

Map
Nada Heqing Nanfeng Dacheng Yaxing Lanyang Guangcun Mutang Haitou Eman Sandou Wangwu Baimajing Zhonghe Paipu Dongcheng Xinzhou
Name	Simplified Chinese	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2010 census)	Area (km2)	Density (/km2)	Division code[3]	Residential communities	Administrative villages
Chengqu District	城区片区	Chéngqū Piànqū	562,863	1,468.7	383.24	—	8 towns
Nada [n 1]	那大镇	Nàdà Zhèn	256,652	179.2	1432.20	460400100	10	20
Heqing	和庆镇	Héqìng Zhèn	20,729	188.4	110.03	460400101	1	11
Nanfeng	南丰镇	Nánfēng Zhèn	23,669	260.3	90.93	460400102	1	10
Dacheng [n 2]	大成镇	Dàchéng Zhèn	84,620	295.4	286.46	460400103	1	5
Yaxing [n 3]	雅星镇	Yǎxīng Zhèn	76,427	170	449.57	460400104	2	12
Lanyang [n 4]	兰洋镇	Lányáng Zhèn	23,711	186.9	126.86	460400105	1	14
Guangcun	光村镇	Guāngcūn Zhèn	27,803	72	386.15	460400106	1	10
Dongcheng	东成镇	Dōngchéng Zhèn	49,252	116.5	422.76	460400115	1	21
Binhai District	滨海片区	Bīnhǎi Piànqū	369,493	811.6	455.26	—	1 subdistrict, 8 towns
Sandou Subdistrict [n 5]	三都街道	Sāndōu Jiēdào	76,757	88	872.23	460401001		9
Mutang	木棠镇	Mùtáng Zhèn	40,373	84	480.63	460400107		25
Haitou	海头镇	Hǎitóu Zhèn	34,648	195.8	176.96	460400108	4	10
Eman	峨蔓镇	Émàn Zhèn	17,317	70.5	245.63	460400109		13
Wangwu	王五镇	Wángwǔ Zhèn	24,274	126.3	192.19	460400111	1	8
Baimajing	白马井镇	Báimǎjǐng Zhèn	59,585	54.7	1089.30	460400112	6	15
Zhonghe	中和镇	Zhōnghé Zhèn	31,646	51.5	614.48	460400113	1	11
Paipu	排浦镇	Páipǔ Zhèn	17,577	95.8	183.47	460400114	1	7
Xinzhou	新州镇	Xīnzhōu Zhèn	67,316	45	1495.91	460400116	12	19

Demographics

The city's population was 932,362 in 2010. The Han population is 857,342 and the minority population is 75,020.^[4]

Language

The Danzhou natives speak the Cantonese Yue Danzhou dialect, unlike the Min Hainam language that is spoken throughout most of eastern Hainan.

Transportation

The area will be served by Danzhou Airport, an under-construction airport approximately 25 km (16 mi) northeast of Nada.^[5] It will be international-class, built to handle the increasing number of tourists visiting the area. The airport is scheduled for completion in 2022.^[6][7][8]

The Hainan Western Ring High-Speed Railway also provides access.

Climate