Qiongshan District

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Qiongshan (瓊山, also Wade-Giles: Ch'iungshan, Postal Pinyin: Kiungshan; formerly Qiongzhou (Postal Pinyin: Kiungchow)) is one of the four county-level districts which make up the city of Haikou, the capital of Hainan province of the People's Republic of China.

Qiongshan dialect of Lingao is spoken in Qiongshan.

Hai Rui, a Ming Dynasty official, after who Hai Rui Park is named, was from Qiongshan. Chen Yuyi, Chairman of CPPCC Hainan Provincial Committee, was born in Qiongshan in 1936.

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Qiongzhou Strait

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Information about Qiongshan

v • d • e Hainan Province

History • Politics • Economy

Prefecture-level cities	Haikou • Sanya

Districts of Haikou	Longhua • Meilan • Qiongshan • Xiuying

County-level cities	Danzhou • Dongfang • Qionghai • Wanning • Wenchang • Wuzhishan

Counties	Chengmai • Ding'an • Lingao • Tunchang

Autonomous counties	Baisha • Baoting • Changjiang • Ledong • Lingshui • Qiongzhong

Administrative Office	Paracels, Spratlys, and Zhongsha Islands Authority (disputed)

See also: List of Hainan Township-level divisions