Beihai
Beihai 北海 Baekhaij Pakhoi | |
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北海市 | |
 Beihai Silver Beach | |
 Location o Beihai in Guangxi | |
| Coordinates: 21°28′N 109°06′E / 21.467°N 109.100°E | |
| Kintra | Fowkrepublic o Cheenae |
| Region | Guangxi |
| Area | |
| • Prefectur-level city | 3337 km2 (1,288 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 21 m (69 ft) |
| Population (2010 census) | |
| • Prefectur-level city | 1,539,300 |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 572,000 |
| • Metro | 405,600 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (Cheenae Staundart) |
| Postal code | 536000 |
| Area code(s) | (+86) 779 |
| Vehicle registration | 桂E |
| Website | http://www.beihai.gov.cn/ |
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| Cheenese | 北海 | ||||||||||||||
| Postal | Pakhoi | ||||||||||||||
| Leeteral meanin | north of the sea | ||||||||||||||
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Běihǎi (Cheenese Postal Cairt Romanisation: Pakhoi; Cheenese: 北海) is a prefectur-level city in the sooth o Guangxi, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. The name o the city means "north o the sea" in Cheenese, signifyin its status as a seaport on the north shore o the Gulf o Tonkin, that haes grantit it historical importance as a port o internaitional trade for Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, an Yunnan.[1] Atween the years 2006 an 2020, Beihai is predicted tae be the warld's fastest growin city.[2] Beihai haes a muckle shipyard, but maist o the money generated in the city is derived frae trade.
In addition, it governs the small islands of Weizhou and Xieyang, and is directly north of Hainan Island.
Subdiveesions
[eedit | edit soorce]Beihai contains three destricts an ane coonty, which are subdividit intae five urban sub-destricts, 23 touns, 3 tounships, 87 neeburheid committees, 343 clachan committees.
- Haicheng Destrict (Cantonese: Hoi Sing)
- Yinhai Destrict (Cantonese: Ngan Hoi)
- Tieshangang Destrict (Cantonese: Tit San Gang)
- Hepu Coonty
History
[eedit | edit soorce]Efter the 1876 Sino-Breetish Treaty o Yantai, aicht Wastren naitions (the UK, US, Germany, Austrick-Hungary, Fraunce, Italy, Portugal, an Belgium) set up embassies, hospitals, churches, schuils, an maritime customs. Today, 15 o these wastren biggins remain in Beihai. It offeecially became an internaitional tourist spot (旅遊對外開放城市) in 1982.
City timeline
[eedit | edit soorce]- December 4, 1949: Beihai became a toun o Hepu Coonty unner the Communist Pairty o Cheenae .
- January 1951: a province-administered city o Guangdong
- May 1951: entrusted tae Guangxi
- March 1952: offeecially administered bi Guangxi
- May 1955: Administered bi Guangdong again
- 1956: reduced tae a coonty-level city
- 1958: reduced tae Beihai Fowk's Commune o Hepu Coonty
- 1959: coonty-class toun
- 1964: restored tae coonty-class city
- June 1965: Administered bi Guangxi again
- October 1983: restored tae prefectur-level city
Leid
[eedit | edit soorce]Vernacular leids o Beihai include several Cantonese dialects an Hakka. Mandarin is o increasin prevalence as a result o pairt of the Cheenese govrenment's general promotion o Mandarin.
Transportation
[eedit | edit soorce]Air Transportation
[eedit | edit soorce]Beihai is served bi Beihai Fucheng Airport (BHY). It serves domestic destinations an also Hong Kong.
Climate
[eedit | edit soorce]Beihai haes a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa), wi mild tae warm winters an lang, het (but nae especially) simmers, an very humid conditions year-round. The monthly 24-hour average temperatur ranges frae 14.5 °C (58.1 °F) in Januar tae 28.8 °C (83.8 °F) in Julie, while extremes hae ranged frae 2.0 tae 37.1 °C (36 tae 99 °F). Rain is baith the hiviest an maist frequent frae Juin tae September, when 70% o the annual rainfaw also occurs. This is in contrast tae the autumn an winter months, whaur only 20 tae 40 millimetre (0.79 tae 1.57 in) o rain faws per month. The area receives aboot 2,000 oors o sunshine annually.[1]
| Climate data for Beihai (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average heich °C (°F) | 18.6 (65.5) |
19.2 (66.6) |
22.4 (72.3) |
26.9 (80.4) |
30.3 (86.5) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.1 (88.0) |
28.7 (83.7) |
26.0 (78.8) |
21.2 (70.2) |
26.6 (79.9) |
| Average law °C (°F) | 11.7 (53.1) |
12.9 (55.2) |
16.2 (61.2) |
20.7 (69.3) |
24.0 (75.2) |
25.9 (78.6) |
26.2 (79.2) |
25.6 (78.1) |
24.5 (76.1) |
21.4 (70.5) |
17.2 (63.0) |
13.5 (56.3) |
20.0 (68.0) |
| Average rainfaw mm (inches) | 34.1 (1.34) |
41.8 (1.65) |
58.5 (2.30) |
92.8 (3.65) |
156.7 (6.17) |
296.6 (11.68) |
378.6 (14.91) |
393.9 (15.51) |
196.9 (7.75) |
95.4 (3.76) |
38.3 (1.51) |
20.4 (0.80) |
1,804 (71.02) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.5 | 11.6 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 14.9 | 18.2 | 13.3 | 8.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 135.0 |
| Source: Cheenae Wather [1] | |||||||||||||
References
[eedit | edit soorce]Freemit airtins
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Travel guide tae Beihai frae Wikivoyage