Nanhai
Nanhai ( 南海 區 / 南海 区 , Nánhǎi Qū ) is a municipality in the city of Foshan in the Chinese province of Guangdong . Nanhai County was dissolved on December 8, 2002 and converted to Nanhai District. The large community Nanzhuang ( chin.南莊鎮 / 南庄镇Pinyin Nánzhuāng Zhèn) was spun off and integrated into the Chancheng district .
geography
Nanhai is located in the district-free city of Foshan bordering Guangzhou and encloses its center in the west, north and east. Nanhai has an area of 1,074 km².
The climate in Nanhai is subtropical and the average temperatures are between 13 ° C in January and 28.8 ° C in July. With a rainfall of 1,638 mm, it is one of the drier areas of Guangdong .
population
1.113 million people live in Nanhai (2002).
Ethnic breakdown of the population of Nanhai (2000)
At the 2000 census, Nanhai had 2,133,741 residents.
| Name of the people | Residents | proportion of |
|---|---|---|
| Han | 2,049,114 | 96.03% |
| Zhuang | 50.007 | 2.34% |
| Tujia | 12,888 | 0.6% |
| Miao | 7,839 | 0.37% |
| Yao | 4,778 | 0.22% |
| Dong | 4.216 | 0.2% |
| Bouyei | 737 | 0.04% |
| Mongols | 662 | 0.03% |
| Hui | 448 | 0.02% |
| Bai | 328 | 0.02% |
| Yi | 295 | 0.01% |
| Manchu | 287 | 0.01% |
| Do | 248 | 0.01% |
| Gelao | 240 | 0.01% |
| She | 236 | 0.01% |
| Mulam | 235 | 0.01% |
| Others | 1,183 | 0.06% |
economy
The GDP is 43.98 billion RMB (2002). Nanhai is one of the richest administrative units at the county level in Guangdong.
Coordinates: 23 ° 2 ' N , 113 ° 9' E