Beihai
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- Beihai is also the ancient Chinese name for Lake Baikal
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Beihai, often called Bakhoi, is a prefecture-level city of Guangxi, China. Beihai means "north sea" in Chinese, meaning that the place is a seaport on the north shore of the Gulf of Tonkin. Between the years 2006 and 2020, Beihai is predicted to be the world's fastest growing city[1]. Beihai has a large shipyard and is reputed to still be a pirate harbour[citation needed]. Beihai is known within China as a travel destination. While Beihai does suffer from pollution as much of China does, it is not nearly as severe as most other parts of the country.
It has a fairly active nightlife also containing western style bars. The dialect spoken throughout Beihai is "Beihua" a Cantonese dialect, although Mandarin is also known, or at least understood, by most of the population.[citation needed]
- Area: 3337 km², 957 km² urban centre
- Population: 145,000 (2001), 135,500 in urban centre (estimated 2006: 305,000)
- Municipal seat: Haicheng District
- Geographic coordinates: 108°50′45″ - 109°47′28″ East, 21°29′ - 21°55′34″ North
It governs the islands of Weizhou and Xieyang, and is north of Hainan Island.
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[edit] Subdivision
Beihai contains three 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] Demographics
Beihai is dominated by Han Chinese, with a few minorities such as ethnic Zhuang.
[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
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[edit] Miscellanea
Beihai has greatest high tides at September 1, with the tides being 5 meters (16 feet). Most ports have around 2 metres of high tide; Honolulu has 0.5 meter.
There is a spinning resturant in the city.
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