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Donghai Island
Donghai Island (; ) (Tunghai) is an island in the southeast part of the urban area of Zhanjiang, Guangdong, People's Republic of China. It has a coastline of , with a total area of , making it the largest island in Guangdong and the fifth-largest island in China. In 2008, it had a population of around 160,000. See also * Naozhou Island * List of islands of the People's Republic of China * Chinese semi-submersible ship Donghaidao References Islands of Guangdong Zhanjiang {{Guangdong-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donghai Island - P1570723 - Eastern Beach
Donghai (East Sea) may refer to: China *East China Sea, also known as Donghai from its Chinese name (东海), a marginal sea east of China **East Sea (Chinese literature), one of the Four Seas, a literary name for the boundaries of China *Donghai County (东海县), of Lianyungang, Jiangsu *Donghai Island (东海岛), island in Zhanjiang, Guangdong *Donghai Subdistrict () ** Donghai Subdistrict, Quanzhou, in Fengze District, Quanzhou, Fujian ** Donghai Subdistrict, Lufeng, Shanwei, Guangdong ** Donghai Subdistrict, Jixi, in Chengzihe District, Jixi, Heilongjiang **Donghai Subdistrict, Tianjin, in Hexi District, Tianjin *Towns named Donghai (东海镇) ** Donghai, Putian County, Fujian ** Donghai, Jidong County, Heilongjiang ** Donghai, Qidong, Jiangsu *Donghai Commandery, historical commandery in present-day Shandong and Jiangsu Vietnam * Đông Hải District, in Bac Lieu Province, Vietnam See also *East Sea (other) *Nanhai (other) ("South Sea") *Beihai (disambi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leizhou Min
Leizhou or ''Luichew'' Min (, ) is a branch of Min Chinese spoken in Leizhou city, Xuwen County, Mazhang District, most parts of Suixi County and also spoken inside of the linguistically diverse Xiashan District. In the classification of Yuan Jiahua, it was included in the Southern Min group, though it has low intelligibility with other Southern Min varieties. In the classification of Li Rong, used by the ''Language Atlas of China'', it was treated as a separate Min subgroup. Hou Jingyi combined it with Hainanese in a Qiong–Lei group. Phonology Leizhou Min has 17 initials, 47 rimes and 8 tones. Initials The phoneme given here as is described by Li and Thompson instead as . Rimes Tones Leizhou has six tones, which are reduced to two in checked syllables. See also * Taiwanese Hokkien * Teochew dialect * List of Chinese dialects Notes References *Běijīng dàxué zhōngguóyǔyánwénxuéxì yǔyánxué jiàoyánshì. (1989) H''ànyǔ fāngyīn zìhuì''. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhanjiang
Zhanjiang; Leizhou Min: ''Tchiàm-kōng''; previously Tsamkong or Guangzhouwan, then romanized in English as Kwangchowan or Kwangchow Wan. is a port city on the southwestern panhandle of Guangdong province in South China. The prefecture-level city of Zhanjiang administers the whole of Leizhou Peninsula, facing Haikou city of Hainan across the Qiongzhou Strait. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,981,236 (6,994,832 in 2010) whom 1,931,455 lived in the builtup (or metro) area consisting of four urban districts: Chikan, Xiashan, Potou, and Mazhang. In 2007, the city was named China's top ten livable cities by Chinese Cities Brand Value Report, which was released at 2007 Beijing Summit of China Cities Forum. History Imperial China era During the Qin dynasty (221–206 BC), the area belonged to Xiang Shire. The imperial government of the Han dynasty (206 BC−220 AD) set Xuwen County as the administrator of the whole Leizhou Peninsula. It was on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guangdong
) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty near modern Wuzhou, whose name is a reference to an order by Emperor Wu of Han to "widely bestow favors and sow trust". Together, Guangdong and Guangxi are called ''Liangguang, Loeng gwong'' ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t=兩廣, s=两广 , p=liǎng guǎng) During the Song dynasty, the Two Guangs were formally separated as ''Guǎngnán Dōnglù'' ( zh, first=t, t=廣南東路, s=广南东路, l=East Circuit (administrative division), Circuit in Southern Guang , labels=no) and ''Guǎngnán Xīlù'' ( zh, first=t, t=廣南西路, s=广南西路, l=West Circuit (administrative division), Circuit in Southern Guang , labels=no), which became abbreviated as ''Guǎngdōng Lù'' ( zh, first=t, t=廣東路, s=广东路 , labels=no) and ''Guǎngxī Lù ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naozhou Island
Naozhou Island (; zh, s=硇洲岛, p=Náozhōu Dǎo) (Nao Chow) is an island in the South China Sea. Administratively, the island is organized as Naozhou Town (:zh:硇洲镇, 硇洲镇) within Mazhang District of Zhanjiang City of Guangdong Province of China. Geography Naozhou Island is a fairly small rocky island (10 km long by 6 km across). It is located near the southeastern corner of the larger Donghai Island, to which it is connected by a ferry line. Naozhou is described as China's largest island of volcanic origin. History Naozhou's early recorded history is fairly sparse. During the Qing Dynasty, the island was included into Wuchuan, Guangdong, Wuchuan County. According to a 1684 report, the island's population had been evacuated to the mainland some years earlier, as part of the Qing's campaign against the Taiwan-based Kingdom of Tungning. Since 1704, Qing troops were stationed in the island as part of anti-pirate operations. From 1899 to 1945, Naozhou Island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Islands Of The People's Republic Of China
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole".Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of ''The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Semi-submersible Ship Donghaidao
''Yinmahu'' (饮马湖, meaning , pennant number 834), formerly ''Donghaidao'' (东海岛, meaning Donghai Island, pennant number 868), is the sole Type 711 (NATO reporting name Modified ''Hansa Sonderberg'' class) semi-submersible ship of the People's Liberation Army Navy. She is often compared to the American Expeditionary Transfer Dock. Design ''Yinmahu'' was a modified version of a container ship with a length of , a width of and a displacement of . The ship is able to transport one Type 726 or LCAC or three smaller boats/tugboats. The deck can also carry cargo. The ships is intended to be base of amphibious operations and to resupply islands in the South China Sea, along with emergency repairs of other boats. The deck can also be used to land helicopters. Her top speed is . The deepest ''Yinmahu'' can submerge is . Her well deck, which can submerge, has a total area of . There is also a daughter boat on board to transfer sailors of smaller vessels ''Yinmahu'' carries onto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islands Of Guangdong
This is a list of the lists of islands in the world grouped by country, by continent, by body of water A body of water or waterbody is any significant accumulation of water on the surface of Earth or another planet. The term most often refers to oceans, seas, and lakes, but it includes smaller pools of water such as ponds, wetlands, or more rare ..., and by other classifications. For rank-order lists, see the other lists of islands below. Lists of islands by country or location Africa Antarctica Asia Europe North America Oceania South America Lists of islands by continent Lists of islands by body of water By ocean: By other bodies of water: List of ancient islands Other lists of islands External links Island Superlatives {{South America topic, List of islands of * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
