Back Sanya Afrikaans سانيا Arabic Санья (горад) Byelorussian སན་ཡ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། Tibetan Săng-ā CDO Sanya (kapital sa prepektura) CEB San-ja Czech Sanya Welsh Sanya (Hainan) Danish Sanya (Hainan) German
Sanya
三亚市 | |
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| City of Sanya | |
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.png) Location of Sanya City jurisdiction in Hainan | |
  Sanya Location of the city centre in Hainan | |
| Coordinates (Sanya municipal government): 18°15′12″N 109°30′13″E / 18.25333°N 109.50361°E | |
| Country |  China |
| Province | Hainan |
| Government | |
| • CPC Municipal Secretary | Jiang Sixian |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 1,919.58 km2 (741.15 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,919.58 km2 (741.15 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,315.3 km2 (507.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 1,031,396 |
| • Density | 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,031,396 |
| • Urban density | 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 801,020 |
| • Metro density | 610/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| GDP[1] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 83.5 billion US$ 12.9 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 79,100 US$ 12,261 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 572100 |
| Area code | 0898 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-HI-02 |
| Licence plate prefixes | 琼B |
| Website | sanya.gov.cn |
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.svg) "Sanya" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 三亚 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 三亞 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Samah | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Third below the second | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sanya[a] is the southernmost city on Hainan Island, and one of the four prefecture-level cities of Hainan Province in South China.
According to the 2020 census, the total population of Sanya was 1,031,396 inhabitants,[2] living in an area of 1,919.58 km2 (741.15 sq mi). Nevertheless, its built-up (or metro) area encompassing Haitang and Jiyang Districts was home to 801,020 inhabitants as of 2020.
The city is renowned for its tropical climate and has emerged as a popular tourist destination, also serving as the training site of the Chinese national beach volleyball team. Sanya is home to small concentrations of Utsul people. Sanya is also the location of Yulin Naval Base, a major military facility on the South China Sea which is home to the People's Liberation Army Navy ballistic nuclear missile fleet.
- ^ 海南省统计局、国家统计局海南调查总队 (November 2022). 《海南统计年鉴－2022》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-7838-4. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ (in Chinese) Compilation by LianXin website. Data from the Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China Archived 2012-04-06 at the Wayback Machine
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