Beihai
北海市 Bwzhaij Pakhoi | |
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 Beihai Silver Beach | |
 Location of Beihai in Guangxi | |
| Coordinates (Beihai government): 21°28′52″N 109°07′12″E / 21.481°N 109.120°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Guangxi |
| Municipal seat | Haicheng District |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 3,337 km2 (1,288 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 21 m (69 ft) |
| Population (2010 census) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 1,539,300 |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 572,000 |
| • Metro | 405,600 |
| GDP[1] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 150.4 billion US$ 23.3 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 80,710 US$ 12,510 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 536000 |
| Area code | 779 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-GX-05 |
| Vehicle registration | 桂E |
| Website | www |
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 "Beihai", as written in Chinese | |||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 北海 | ||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Pakhoi | ||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | north of the sea | ||||||||||||||||
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| Zhuang | Bwzhaij | ||||||||||||||||
| 1957 orthography | Bɯƨhaiз | ||||||||||||||||
Beihai (Chinese: 北海; pinyin: Běihǎi; Postal romanization: Pakhoi[2]) is a prefecture-level city in the south of Guangxi, People's Republic of China. Its status as a seaport on the north shore of the Gulf of Tonkin has granted it historical importance as a port of international trade for Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan.[3] Between the years 2006 and 2020, Beihai is predicted to be the world's fastest growing city.[4] Beihai has a large shipyard, but most of the money generated in the city is derived from trade.
In addition, it governs the small islands of Weizhou and Xieyang, and is directly west of Leizhou Peninsula.
- ^ "广西统计年鉴－2021", tjj.gxzf.gov.cn
- ^ Theodore Shabad (1956). China's Changing Map: A Political and Economic Geography of the Chinese People's Republic. New York: Frederick A. Praeger. p. 166. LCCN 55-11530. OCLC 916993074.
With the exception of Shiukwan on the Canton-Hankow railroad, Kwangtung's regional centers are situated along the coast, notably in the Canton delta. There, in addition to Canton, are the cities of Fatshan, Kongmoon and Shekki. The metropolis of western Kwangtung is Tsamkong, and Pakhoi is the chief town of the western panhandle.
- ^ 北海城市介绍 (in Simplified Chinese). Weather China. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
- ^ City Mayors: World's fastest growing urban areas