Wenchang
Wenchang
文昌市 | |
|---|---|
Wennan Old Street | |
Wenchang City jurisdiction in Hainan | |
| Coordinates (Wenchang Park): 19°37′01″N 110°45′18″E / 19.6170°N 110.7551°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hainan |
| Area | |
| 2,403 km2 (928 sq mi) | |
| Population (2010) | |
| 537,428 | |
| • Density | 220/km2 (580/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 115,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China standard time) |
| Postal code | 571300 |
| Area code | 0898 |
| Website | http://www.wenchang.gov.cn |
Wenchang (postal: Mencheong; Chinese: 文昌; pinyin: Wénchāng; Hainanese spellings: Boon Siou) is a county-level city in the northeast of Hainan Island in China. Covering an area of 2,403 square kilometres (928 sq mi), the city has a coastline of 207 kilometres (129 mi), and is divided into 17 towns.
The city is a major target for typhoons in the northwestern Pacific, and experiences the most frequent and severe typhoon-induced storm surges in the South China Sea. The city is a major ancestral home of Chinese diaspora, with the local dish Wenchang chicken as an origin of Hainanese chicken rice in Southeast Asia. Since 2016, the city has also been home to China’s newest spaceport.