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Danzhou

Danzhou () is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of the Chinese island province of Hainan. The administrative seat and urban center of Danzhou is Nada Town. Danzhou was upgraded from a county-level city into a prefecture-level city in February 2015.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Danzhou
Settlement.official_name: City of Danzhou
Settlement.native_name: 儋州市
Settlement.native_name_lang: zh
Settlement.settlement_type: Prefecture-level city
Settlement.image_map: Location of Danzhou within Hainan (China).png
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Danzhou City jurisdiction in Hainan
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: China
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Hainan
Settlement.seat: Nada
Settlement.leader_title1: Party Secretary
Settlement.leader_title2: Congress Standing Committee Chairman
Settlement.leader_name2: Vacant
Settlement.leader_title3: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name3: Chen Yang
Settlement.leader_title4: People's Political Consultative Conference Chairman

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13 sections

Contents

History
Politics and governance
Incumbent leadership
Danzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau
Subdivisions
Demographics
Language
Transportation
National priority protected sites
Climate
See also
References
External links

==History== What is now Danzhou was settled by Cantonese peasants firstly named Danzhou () in the 12th century and only renamed to Danxian in 1912 after hundreds of years, but later re-obtained its name Danzhou after the Communist takeover in the 1950s.