Xuwen County

Xuwen County
County
Chinese 徐闻 transcription(s)
Country	China
Province	Guangdong
Prefecture	Zhanjiang
Area
• Total	1,954.37 km2 (754.59 sq mi)
Population	690,000
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Xuwen County (postal: Tsuimen or Suwen) is a county of Guangdong Province, China. It is under the administration of Zhanjiang city.

Geography

Xuwen County is the southernmost county of Guangdong Province, at the southern end of the Leizhou Peninsula. It is located in the southernmost part of the mainland of China; bordering the South China Sea in the east and Beibu Gulf in the west; being separated from Hainan by the 18-nautical-mile (33 km) wide Qiongzhou Strait. Coastline is 372 kilometers.

History

In Yuanding VI, Han Dynasty (111.B.C.), the county was established, capital was in the rear of islets, integrated with Shiwei, Erqiao and Nanwan (Touwang Village, in ancient times), where leans on Shiling Mountain, passage in the east to South China Sea and adjoins the Pacific Ocean, adjacent to southwestern Asian countries. Creator's preference concentrated on her, thus the superior port came into being, thanks to Providence, then became the starting port for marine-silk-route. She has experienced two-thousand-year ups and downs. Plain customs and folks seem to remain. Scenery is charming. Ancient wells, commercial port and docks have testified history.

Features

Major attractions are involved with most scenic spots in 15 Townships. Of these, unique characteristics are top ten of China: the southernmost tip of mainland China; Dengloujiao Cape; the earliest starting commercial port for marine-silk-route in Han Dynasty; Coral Reefs, the largest area perfect, in China's continental shelf; the largest base for Akoya pearls culturing and manufacturing; the largest train ferry dock, North Port dock, (Opposite to South Port Dock, Hainan); the China's largest automobile ferry dock of Hai'an Port; China's largest pineapple base; the only tropical area in mainland China, where sunshine time is the longest; the China's largest galangal grow base; China's largest base for off-season bananas. Profound human civilization and scenery, landscapes, interests and ancient ruins, throw into sharp relief of Xuwen, the more lustrous pearl in South China.

Clean air, forests, flowers, tropical fruits, hills, streams, brooks, lakes, pineapple orchards, banana orchards, mango orchards, papaya orchards, strawberry orchards, coconut forest cover the red land, sunshine all year round.

Wencheng

Main square at Wencheng

The main town in the county is Wencheng (闻城). It is located approximately 10 km north of Hai'an Port.

Wencheng is the commercial, political, cultural, recreational and residential downtown area. Nanshan township, Chengbei township and Hai'an Township surround her. There are nine main streets: Dongfang Road, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th; Dongping Road, 1 2,3,4, Hongqi Road, 1,2. Xuhai Road, Dexin Road, 1,2,3, Chengdong Avenue, Mulan Road, Wenta Road, Guisheng Road. There are two parks, two stadiums, five supermarkets, one five star hotel, one four star hotel, two 3-star hotels, four KFC style restaurants, four Classic Cantonese restaurants. 100 KTV and healthcare centers. SPA center has not been set up yet...High speed bullet train railway is being built connecting to Guangzhou. It will have been accomplished by the end of 2015.

Shuttle helicopter flights between Haikou and Hai'an,Xuwen have been launched since August 31, 2014. It takes only 10 minutes from Xuwen to Haikou by helicopter.