Sanya (Hainan)

Location of Sanya in the south of Hainan

View of Sanya

Sanya ( Chinese 三亞市 / 三亚市 , Pinyin Sānyà shì ) is a Chinese prefecture-level city in Hainan Province . The city is located in the south of the island. Its administrative area has an area of 1,919 km² and a population of 685,408 ( 2010/2011 census ).

Sanya is known for its tropical climate and wide sandy beaches and has continuously become a popular destination for domestic and foreign tourists since 2000. The Second Globalization Forum and the Miss World elections in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2010 also took place in Sanya .

There is an important naval base in China near Sanya .

Administrative structure

At the county level, Sanya consists of four boroughs . These are from east to west:

Haitang district (海棠区), 255 km², approx. 90,000 inhabitants (2014);
Jiyang District (吉阳区), 372 km², approx. 240,000 inhabitants (2014);
Tianya district (天涯区), 944 km², approx. 250,000 inhabitants (2014);
Yazhou District (崖州区), 347 km², 110,000 inhabitants (2014).

map	Borough	Chinese abbreviations	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2010 census )	Area (km²)	Density (/ km²)
Jiyang Tianya Haitang Yazhou	Haitang	海棠区	Hǎitáng Qū	68,897	255	2708
	Jiyang	吉阳区	Jíyáng Qū	257.061	372	691
	Tianya	天涯区	Tiānyá Qū	269.935	944	286
	Yazhou	崖州区	Yazhou Qu	89,515	347	258

The founding of the city districts was decided on February 12, 2014 and completed on July 30, 2014. The community level that existed up to that point in time (large communities and provisional "districts") were directly subordinate to the Sanya's city government.

Ethnic breakdown of the population of Sanyas (2000)

The 2000 census counted 482,296 Sanyas residents.

Name of the people	Residents	proportion of
Han	284,407	58.97%
Li	183,865	38.12%
Hui	6,290	1.31%
Miao	3,068	0.64%
Zhuang	3,052	0.63%
Manchu	255	0.05%
Yao	252	0.05%
Dong	170	0.04%
Tujia	162	0.03%
Mongols	159	0.03%
Korean	123	0.03%
Bouyei	118	0.02%
She	78	0.02%
Others	297	0.06%

Monuments of the PRC

The paleolithic site of the Luobi Cave (Luobidong yizhi 落笔洞遗址) and the tombs of Tengqiao (Tengqiao muqun 藤桥墓群) from the Tang Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty have been on the list of monuments since 2001 and 2006, respectively People's Republic of China .

Sports & Freetime

The Sanya E-Prix , an automobile race as part of the FIA Formula E championship , has been held annually in Sanya since 2019 .

tourism

Sanya has become a destination for mass tourism in China. According to official figures, around 4.95 million people visited the city in the first quarter of 2017. In 2017, around 18 million visitors are expected. Sanya Airport reported 19.4 million passengers in 2017. High-rise apartment buildings and hotels dominate the cityscape. Almost every well-known hotel chain has a location in Sanya. There are cheap hostels as well as luxury hotels. The main focus of tourism is on three bays with extensive sandy beaches: Yalong Bay, Dadonghai Bay and Sanya Bay. All three bays are lined with hotels and apartments. Several diving spots make Sanya even more interesting: Sunny Bay, Dadonghai Beach, Baifu Bay, Wuzhihou Island, Yalong Bay and West Island. In addition to individual trips by private individuals, wedding tourism and business trips also play an important role. In order to protect the valuable natural resources in Sanya, a program was set up in January 2018 in which environmental offenders are to be blackened in exchange for a reward. A strong destination management for Sanya is working intensively on the further expansion of tourist use.

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