Dongfang, Hainan

Dongfang (东方市Chinese, Pinyin Dongfang Shì ) is a county-level city in the south west of the Chinese island province of Hainan. It lies on the lower reaches of the Changhua Jiang (昌化江). Your administrative area has an area of 2,256, 27 km ² and extends from 18 ° 43 ' to 19 ° 18' north latitude and 108 ° 37 ' to 109 ° 07' east longitude. The end of 2004 the city had a reported population of 386 901 people ( population density. 171.5 inhab / km ²). Dongfang is directly subordinate to the provincial government.

History

Dongfang was founded in 1952 as a circle. In November 1987, the circle in the " Autonomous County Dongfang Li- nationality" (东方黎族自治县) was converted from its resolution then on March 12, 1997 was the present county-level city Dongfang.

Administrative Divisions

Dongfang is composed of eight large municipalities and two municipalities. These are:

Greater community Basuo (八所镇), seat of city government;
Greater community Donghe (东河镇);
Greater community Datian (大田镇);
Greater community Gancheng (感城镇);
Greater community Banqiao (板桥镇);
Greater community Sanjia (三家镇);
Greater community Sigeng (四更镇);
Large village Xinlong (新龙镇);
Municipality Gate of Heavenly Peace (天安乡);
Community Jiangbian (江边乡).

In addition, there are four state farms in the administrative area of Dongfang. These are:

State Farm Guangba (国营广坝农场);
State Farm Gong'ai (国营公爱农场);
State Farm Hongquan (国营红泉农场);
Province - State Farm Dongfang Chinese Overseas (省国营东方华侨农场).

Ethnic structure of the population Dongfang (2000)

At the census in the year 2000 358.313 inhabitants were counted.

District -free cities: Haikou - Sanya - Sansha; Districts of Haikou Longhua - Meilan - Qiongshan - Xiuying

Independent cities, counties and autonomous counties:

Baisha - Baoting - Chang Jiang - Chengmai - Danzhou - Ding'an - Dongfang - Ledong - Lingao - Ling Shui - Qionghai - Qiongzhong - Tunchang - Wanning - Wenchang - Wuzhishan

19.098608639444108.63333Koordinaten: 19 ° 6 ' N, 108 ° 38 ' E

Place in Hainan
District-free city (China)

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