Tunchang County Explained

Tunchang
Settlement Type:	County
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Hainan
Unit Pref:	Metric
Area Total Km2:	1231.5
Population As Of:	1999
Population Density Km2:	auto
Population Total:	250,059
Coordinates:	19.3661°N 110.165°W
Timezone:	China standard time
Utc Offset:	+8

Tunchang County is a county of Hainan Province, People's Republic of China. Its postal code is 571600, and in 1999 its population was 250,059 people. The administrative seat lies at Tuncheng.

There are four main attractions in this county: The Muse Lake, The Standard Model Deer Farm, Shi Xia Hairui Ancestral Home and the Wolong Mountain.

In 1983, a company from Guangxi moved to Tunchang and started raising geoemydid turtles on a farm.^[1] They have since moved to a place near Sanya, which is closer to the ocean.

Climate

Tunchang has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am).

See also

• List of administrative divisions of Hainan

References

• Web site: China County & City Population 1999 FAQ. https://web.archive.org/web/20160109002546/http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/work/downloads/faqs/1999_pop_faq.html. 2016-01-09. 1999. Harvard University Committee on the Environment.
• Official website (Chinese)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archived copy . 2005-05-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20041020074409/http://www.cites.org/eng/cop/12/prop/E12-P22.pdf . 20 October 2004 . dmy-all ., page 15. Their source, with details and photos, is: