Haikou

Haikou City, the capital of Hainan Province, is located on the southern bank of the Qiongzhou Strait, facing the mainland's Leizhou Peninsula. Built on the mound of the coast, it is the biggest city in Hainan Province. Haikou City has an annual mean temperature of 23.6 centigrade degree and an annual mean rainfall of 1,690 mm. It is an ancient city. It has tropical crops processing, electronics and textiles as the mainstays of its light industry, and it is a foreign trade and sea port city with advanced communications and a complete range of service equipment.. The city has beautiful scenery, a pleasant climate and luxuriant vegetation. Among the ancient remains and tourist sites are Wugong Temple reputed to be the "first building under the heaven", the admirable Qiongtai Academy of Classical Learning, the Hairui Tomb, the Qiujun Tomb, and the like.

In 1987 Haikou City had a total population of 311,700 people and a total area of 218 square kilometres, of which the area of the urban district was about 20 square kilometres.

Attractions in Haikou

Haikou Package Tour

History: traced back to the Western Han (110 B.C.), once called "Haikoupu"(Song dynasty); established as a county in the Ming dynasty and opened to abroad in the Qing dynasty

Climate located in the north part of low latitude tropical zone; monsoon climate, frost-free period of 346 days; no severe coldness in winter, sunlight amount of 2225.2 hours

Average Temperature: 23.8C annually with the highest of 28.0C and the lowest of 18.8C
Rainfall: an annual average rainfall of 1,690 mm

Mountains: Mt. Wuzhi, Mt. Yingge, Mt. Ezong, Mt. Mihou, Mt. Yajiada and Mt. Diaolu

Rivers: Nandu River, Changhua River, and Wanquan River