Are Hainan and Sanya the same place?

Hainan and Sanya are not the same place.

Hainan, referred to as "Qiong" for short, is a provincial administrative region of China. Haikou, the provincial capital, is located in the south of China, bounded by east longitude10837'-103' and north latitude 18 10'.

Sanya, called Cliff for short, was called Cliff State in ancient times, also called Lucheng. It is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hainan Province, located at the southernmost tip of Hainan Island. Sanya is adjacent to Lingshui County in the east, Ledong County in the west, Baoting County in the north and Nanhai in the south, with the latitude ranging from18 09 ′ 34 ″ north to18 37 ′ 27 ″ east to108 56 ′ 30 ″ east.

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The Historical Evolution of Hainan

After 1950, Hainan set up an administrative region, 195 1, and Qiongshan set up an administrative office. Hainan Li and Miao Autonomous Prefecture was established in the southern half of the island, and the state capital is located in Chongshan Town, Baoting County (now Chongshan Town, Wuzhishan City). There are eight special zones in the province, namely Pearl River, Dongjiang River, Xijiang River, Central Guangdong, South Road, Xingmei, Chaoshan and Qiongya, and Beijiang Temporary Management Committee.

1950 in may, Hainan island was liberated, Hainan military and political Committee was established, and military control was implemented. In April of the following year, Hainan Administrative Office of Guangdong Provincial People's Government was established, and in March of 1955, it was renamed Hainan Administrative Office of Guangdong Province.

1966 after the outbreak of the "cultural revolution", Hainan administrative office stopped exercising its functions and powers. 1968 In April, Hainan Revolutionary Committee was established with unified leadership. 1976 10 month, renamed Hainan administrative revolutionary Committee.

1979, Guangzhou, Haikou, Shantou, Zhanjiang, Maoming, Foshan, Jiangmen, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shaoguan, etc. 10, which was divided into seven regions including Shaoguan, Huiyang, Meizhou, Shantou, Foshan, Zhanjiang and Zhaoqing, and Hainan Administrative Region and Hainan Li and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, with jurisdiction of 6544.

The Historical Evolution of Sanya

1954 10, the county party committee and government of Yaxian county and directly under the authority moved from Yacheng to Sanya.

1958 merged with Baoting, Lingshui and Wanning Xinglong Niulou to form Yaxian County (big county), and 1959 and 196 1 year were separated to establish Baoting and Lingshui counties. Yaxian county reserves its jurisdiction.

On May 1984 May 19, the establishment of Sanya City (county level) was revoked with the approval of the State Council. In June, 1 1, Sanya Town was cancelled, and Hedong and Hexi sub-district offices were prepared to be established.

1On September 26th, 987, the State Council approved Sanya to be upgraded to a prefecture-level city. 65438+On February 30th, Sanya prefecture-level city was formally established and put into operation.

1988 in may, Hedong and Hexi administrative regions were established.

On February 1 1, 2004, the State Council approved Sanliu Town of Sanya City to establish four new districts, namely Jiyang District, Tianya District, Haitang District and Yazhou District.

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