Wenchang
Also known as Wenchang Shi
Wenchang (postal: Mencheong; ; Hainanese spellings: Boon Siou) is a county-level city in the northeast of Hainan Island in China. Covering an area of , the city has a coastline of , and is divided into 17 towns.
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- Wenchang
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- County-level & Sub-prefectural city
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- Wennan Old Street
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- Wenchang City jurisdiction in Hainan
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- Hainan
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- Location of the city center in Hainan
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- People's Republic of China
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16 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Wencheng Town
- Wennan Old Street
- Other towns
- Climate
- Culture
- Points of interest
- Spaceport
- Education
- Notable people
- Artists
- Business
- Eunuchs
- References
- External links
Wenchang (postal: Mencheong; ; Hainanese spellings: Boon Siou) is a county-level city in the northeast of Hainan Island in China. Covering an area of , the city has a coastline of , and is divided into 17 towns.
The city is a major target for typhoons in the northwestern Pacific, and experiences the most frequent and severe typhoon-induced storm surges in the South China Sea. The city is a major ancestral home of Chinese diaspora, with the local dish Wenchang chicken as an origin of Hainanese chicken rice in Southeast Asia. Since 2016, the city has also been home to China’s newest spaceport.
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