What province or city is Sanya in?

Sanya is in Hainan Province.

Sanya City, referred to as Ya, also known as Lucheng, known as Yazhou and Yaxian in ancient times, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hainan Province. It is located at the southernmost tip of Hainan Island, adjacent to Lingshui Li Autonomous County to the east and Ledong to the west. Li Autonomous County borders Baoting Li and Miao Autonomous County to the north and the South China Sea to the south, with a total land area of ??1,921 square kilometers.

Sanya, known as Yazhou in ancient times, has a long history. In the first year of Yuanfeng in the Western Han Dynasty (110 BC), it was listed on the Chinese territory. On September 26, 1987, it was upgraded to a prefecture-level city. Because it is far away from the imperial capital and isolated overseas, Sanya has been called "the ends of the world" since ancient times.

Sanya is an international tourist city with tropical seaside scenery. It is also known as "Oriental Hawaii" and has unique seaside scenery. Sanya is surrounded by mountains on three sides, forming a hug. Mountains, seas and rivers are integrated. Many hilltops also provide commanding heights overlooking the sea, river bends and cityscapes. In 2023, it will be rated as a third-tier city.

Administrative divisions:

The city has jurisdiction over 4 administrative districts: Haitang, Jiyang, Tianya and Yazhou, with a total land area of ??1921.40 square kilometers and a sea area of ??3226 square kilometers. There are 100 neighborhood committees 57, 92 village committees, and 491 natural villages. The coastline is 264.42 kilometers long, with 19 large and small harbors and 66 main islands. The total land area is 192,151 hectares.

Among them, 64,074 hectares are mountainous; 48,343 hectares are hilly; 34,722 hectares are plateau; 44,936 hectares are plain; and 75.71 hectares are others. The city's registered population at the end of 2022 was 731,090, an increase of 20,191 people from the end of the previous year. Among them, 366,967 are male and 364,123 are female. In terms of ethnicity, there are 457,971 Han people, accounting for 62.6% of the total population.

There are 244,640 Li people, accounting for 33.5% of the total population; 11,697 Hui people, accounting for 1.6% of the total population; 4,370 Miao people, accounting for 0.6% of the total population; 2,804 Zhuang people, accounting for 0.4% of the total population ; There are 9,608 people of other ethnic groups, accounting for 1.3% of the total population. The city's permanent population at the end of the year was 1.0659 million. Among them, the urban population is 76.52, the rural population is 300,700, and the urbanization rate is 71.8%.

Reference for the above content: Sanya Municipal People's Government-Sanya Overview

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Sanya City