Is Sanya a place in Hainan?

Sanya, one of the four prefecture-level cities in Hainan Province, is located in Jiyang District. Referred to as cliff, it was called Yazhou in ancient times, also known as Lucheng. 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. ?

Sanya has a total land area of 19 19.58 square kilometers and a total sea area of 6,000 square kilometers. It is 9 1.6 km long from east to west and 5 1 km wide from north to south, and has four districts under its jurisdiction. At the end of 20 18, the registered population of the whole city was 6 14647, with more than 20 nationalities including Han, Li and Miao.

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The Historical Evolution of Sanya

In the first year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1368), Jiyang Army was changed to Yazhou; In the fourth year of orthodoxy (1439), ningyuan county was abolished and the administrative area was directly merged into Yazhou. Since then, Cliff State has been organized into a decentralized state.

The Qing Dynasty was established along the Ming Dynasty. In the 31st year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty (1905), Shengyafu was Zhili prefecture, leading four counties: Wan 'an, Lingshui, Changhua and Thanksgiving.

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On May 1984 May 19, the establishment of Sanya City (county level) was revoked with the approval of the State Council.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.

On 20 15, 15, four newly-established districts in Sanya, namely Tianya District, Haitang District, Jiyang District and Yazhou District, were formally established. From June 1 year, Sanya can exercise local legislative power and formulate local regulations.

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