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Sanya

Eastern Asia

Sanya is a resort city and the southernmost city on Hainan Island, one of the four prefecture-level cities of Hainan Province in South China. It is a major tourist destination with several large-scale resorts and contains the Sanya coral reef, a national protected nature reserve spanning 4,000 hectares. Phoenix Island, an artificial island holding a seven-star resort and a complex of five-star hotels, lies in Sanya Bay, and the Guanyin of Nanshan, a Buddhist statue that ranks as the thirteenth-tallest statue in the world, is located in the city.

Facts
Population
1,031,396 1
Area (sq km)
1919.6 1
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Latitude
18.253333 degrees north 1
Longitude
109.503611 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Sea Level 2
Coastal
Yes 3
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC+08:00 2
Sources
1. Sanya (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 1,031,396 (2020)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 18.253333, longitude 109.503611
  • P2046 (area)
    area 1919.6 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 1031396 (2020)
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2. GeoNames: Sanya - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 1796556
    18.25435 109.50947 P PPLA2 CN 31 4602 1031396 1 Asia/Shanghai
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 1 m
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3. Sanya (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Sanya is a resort city and the southernmost city on Hainan Island, and one of the four prefecture-level cities of Hainan Province in South China.
  • Article text
    between low-level mountains to the north and the South China Sea
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 18.25, 109.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 18.25, 109.75
18.25 109.75 Aw
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Wikidata: China
On Continent: Asia, Wikidata item for China, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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