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Location: Dongfang City(东方市) is located in the southwest of Hainan Island, the lower reach of Changhua River.
Population: 435,000
Area: 2266.62 square kilometers
Nationalities: Li, Han
History: Dongfang County was first established in 1952 and its county-controlled district was allotted from Changgan County, Ledong County and Baisha City. As the three villages in the district named Dongfang Village, Zhongfang Village and Xifang Village, and the local government was set in Dongfang Village, the county was named Dongfang County.
On November 20, 1987, the State Council approved the revocation of the East County and the establishment of the East Li Autonomous County. On March 12, 1997, the State Council officially approved the revocation of the establishment of the East Li Autonomous County Dongfang City (county-level), its jurisdiction remained the same.
Climate: Dongfang City belongs to tropical monsoon maritime climate; the dry season and wet season are distinctive. It has a small amount of rainfall and abundant sunshine.
The annual average temperature is 24-25 ℃. The average temperature in January is 18.4 ℃ and the extreme minimum temperature is 1.4 ℃. The average temperature in July is 29 ℃ and the extreme maximum temperature is 38.8 ℃.
The average number of days of sunshine can reach 9.5 hours and the monsoon characteristics is significant. The annual average rainfall is 1150 mm. The coastal areas has rather low rainfall which is only about 900mm.
Transportation: Highway- The west ring Highway passes the Dongfang City in its west and Haiyu West line Highway passes its territory in the southeast. It will take you two to three hours to get Haikou and one or two hours to get Sanya by bus. Its road network density is 42 square kilometers. Within the city area, there has been basically formed a highway, state road, provincial road and county road network.
Waterway- Basuo Port is a comprehensive deep-water port with an annual throughput of 700 million tons. It has been opened to navigation with 12 domestic ports and the world's 17 countries and areas.
Specialties: sea turtle, rattan articles
Local Food: coconut, tropical fruit and Dongfang Lamb
Attractions: Macaque Cave(猕猴洞) is located in Macaque Ridge in Dongfang City. The cave is more than 100 feet deep and old trees are towering around the entrance to the cave. Stalagmite grows thickly and stand in great numbers with various kinds and shapes inside the cave.
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