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.

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.
During World War II, Danzhou was among the top most devastated counties in Hainan as the Japanese had massacred more than 30,000 Cantonese people in Danzhou, destroying over than 10,000 houses and 300 Danzhou villages.

Politics and governance

Incumbent leadership

Party Secretary: , assumed office May 2023
Congress Standing Committee Chairman: Vacant since May 30, 2025
Mayor: Chen Yang, assumed office July 28, 2023
People's Political Consultative Conference Chairman: Jiang Mingqing, assumed office January 8, 2023.

Danzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau

The Danzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau is the municipal law enforcement agency of Danzhou. In 2024, it had a budget of 501.9 million RMB, and operated 177 police vehicles.

Subdivisions

Danzhou is a prefecture-level city of the Hainan province. An uncommon administrative feature is that it has no county-level division. The city government directly administers over 17 towns, one state-run institute, and four state-run farms plus an economic development zone:

Demographics

The city's population was in 2010. The Han population is 857,342 and the minority population is 75,020.

Language

The Danzhou natives mainly speak the Danzhou dialect of Yue language, unlike Hainan Min language that is spoken throughout most of eastern Hainan.

Transportation

The area will be served by Danzhou Airport, an under-construction airport approximately northeast of Nada. It will be international-class, built to handle the increasing number of tourists visiting the area. The airport is scheduled for completion in 2022.
The Hainan Western Ring High-Speed Railway also provides access.

National priority protected sites

The area has a tropical wet and dry climate, featuring very warm weather all year around. Monsoonal influences are strong, with a relatively lengthy wet season and a pronounced dry season. The coolest month is January, with an average high temperature of 22.7 °C, while the hottest, unlike much of the rest of China, is June, with an average high temperature of 33.7 °C ; the mean annual high temperature is 29.2 °C. Water temperatures remain above 19 °C year-round.