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Beihai (Chinese: 北海; Hanyu Pinyin: Běihǎi; Wade-Giles: Pei-hai), former romanization Pakhoi, is a prefecture-level city of Guangxi, China. Beihai means "north of the sea", meaning that the place is a seaport on the north shore of the Gulf of Tonkin. Beihai has a large shipyard and is reputed to still be a pirate habour.
Area: 3337 km², 957 km² urban centre
Population: 1450,000 (2001), 135,500 in urban centre
Municipal seat: Haicheng District
Geographic coordinates: 108°50′45″ - 109°47′28″ North, 21°29′ - 21°55′34″ East.
It governs the islands of Weizhou and Xieyang, and is north of Hainan Island.
After the 1876 Sino-British Treaty of Yantai, eight Western nations (UK, US, Germany, Austria-Hungary, France, Italy, Portugal, and Belgium) set up embassies, hospitals, churches, schools, and maritime customs. Today, 15 of these western buildings remain in Beihai. It officially became an international tourist spot (旅��外開放城市) in 1982.
Area: 3337 km², 957 km² urban centre
Population: 1450,000 (2001), 135,500 in urban centre
Municipal seat: Haicheng District
Geographic coordinates: 108°50′45″ - 109°47′28″ North, 21°29′ - 21°55′34″ East.
It governs the islands of Weizhou and Xieyang, and is north of Hainan Island.
After the 1876 Sino-British Treaty of Yantai, eight Western nations (UK, US, Germany, Austria-Hungary, France, Italy, Portugal, and Belgium) set up embassies, hospitals, churches, schools, and maritime customs. Today, 15 of these western buildings remain in Beihai. It officially became an international tourist spot (旅��外開放城市) in 1982.
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