Wenchang

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Wenchang is also a Taoist deity.

Wenchang (Chinese: ζ–‡ζ˜Œ) is a county-level city in NE Hainan province, China. It was promoted from a county to a city on November 7, 1995 and has a population of 86,551 in 1999 (estimated 2006: 115,000). Wenchang is the source from where most overseas Hainanese migrated. Majority of Singapore's Hainanese population has ancestral roots in Wenchang. Wenchang Hainanese is a major branch of the Hainanese dialect.

Famous People:

Song Qingling

Famous Places:

Qinglan Harbour

Temple of Confucius

Wenchang Satellite Launch Center


Prefecture- and county-level divisions of Hainan
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
List of Hainan Township-level divisions


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