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Haikou
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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
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