Beihai

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Beihai is also the ancient Chinese name for Lake Baikal

Beihai (Chinese: 北海; pinyin: Běihǎi; Wade-Giles: Pei-hai), Bakhoi in Cantonese, is a prefecture-level city of Guangxi, China. Beihai means "north of the sea", meaning that the place is a seaport on the north shore of the Gulf of Tonkin. Beihai has a large shipyard and is reputed to still be a pirate habour.^{[citation needed]}

Area: 3337 km², 957 km² urban centre
Population: 1450,000 (2001), 135,500 in urban centre (estimated 2006: 305,000)
Municipal seat: Haicheng District
Geographic coordinates: 108°50′45″ - 109°47′28″ North, 21°29′ - 21°55′34″ East

It governs the islands of Weizhou and Xieyang, and is north of Hainan Island.

1 Subdivision
2 History
- 2.1 Administration
3 Sister cities
4 Miscellanea
5 External links

[edit] Subdivision

Beihai contains 3 districts and one county, which are subdivided into five urban sub-districts, 23 towns, 3 townships, 87 neighborhood committees, 343 village committees. (see also Political divisions of China#Levels)

Haicheng District
Yinhai District
Tieshangang District
Hepu County

[edit] History

After the 1876 Sino-British Treaty of Yantai, eight Western nations (UK, US, Germany, Austria-Hungary, France, Italy, Portugal, and Belgium) set up embassies, hospitals, churches, schools, and maritime customs. Today, 15 of these western buildings remain in Beihai. It officially became an international tourist spot (旅遊對外開放城市) in 1982.

[edit] Administration

December 4, 1949: Beihai became a Communist Party of China town of Hepu County.
January 1951: a province-administered city of Guangdong
May 1951: entrusted to Guangxi
March 1952: officially administered by Guangxi
May 1955: Administered by Guangdong again
1956: reduced to a county-level city
1958: reduced to Beihai People's Commune of Hepu County
1959: county-class town
1964: restored to county-class city
June 1965: Administered by Guangxi again
October 1983: restored to prefecture-level city

[edit] Sister cities

[edit] Miscellanea

Beihai has a great higher high tides at September 1, with the tides being 5 metres (16 feet). Most ports have around 2 metres of higher high tide; Honolulu has 0.5 metre.

[edit] External links

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Prefecture-level divisions of Guangxi

Prefecture-level cities: Baise • Beihai • Chongzuo • Fangchenggang • Guigang • Guilin • Hechi • Hezhou • Laibin • Liuzhou • Nanning • Qinzhou • Wuzhou • Yulin
List of Guangxi County-level divisions

Economic Development Zones of the People's Republic of China
The Original Four Special Economic Zones Shenzhen \| Zhuhai \| Shantou \| Xiamen
New Open Development Zones Hainan Province \| Dalian \| Qingdao \| Qinhuangdao \| Lianyungang \| Pudong \| Yantai \| Zhanjiang \| Ningbo \| Wenzhou \| Nantong \| Fuzhou \| Guangzhou \| Beihai