Weizhou (æ¶ æ´²; pinyin: WéizhÅ?u) is a Chinese island in the Gulf of Tonkin. The largest island of Guangxi province, Weizhou is east of Leizhou Peninsula, south of Beihai, and west of Vietnam.
Area: 24.74 km²
Temperature: 23 °C
Precipitation: 1863 mm
Its north-south length is 6.5 km, east-west 6 km. The coast is 15.6 km, with 6 to 10 km of sandy beach. Weizhou is higher in the south, where there is Nanwan Port (å?—ç?£æ¸¯; pinyin: nánwÄ?n gÇŽng).
From 1869 to 1879, the French built a Gothic-style 15 metre Catholic church in Shengtang Village (盛塘æ?‘; pinyin: shèngtáng cÅ«n), Weizhou. Weizhou Chengzai Church (åŸŽä»”æ•™å ‚) was built in 1880, also by French Catholics.
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