Meilan District is located in the northeast of Haikou City, bordering Wenchang City in the east, qiongshan district City in the south, Longhua District in the west and Qiongzhou Strait in the north. Nandu River, Meishe River and Haidian River pass through the city and flow into the sea. It is the political, economic and cultural center city of Hainan. The total area is 58 1 km2 and the total population is 655,000.

The advantages of location resources are obvious, such as Haikou Tourism Shopping Central Business District, which takes Haifu Avenue and Haixiu Avenue as the axis and integrates tourism, shopping, leisure and entertainment. There are Dayingshan Development Zone with Guoxing Avenue as the new axis, Hainan University, Hainan Normal University (Guilin Yang Campus), Hainan Vocational College of Science and Technology, China (Hainan) Reform and Development Research Institute and many other educational and scientific research institutions. With a golden coastline of 1 18km, it is known as one of the eight most beautiful coasts in China.

Brief introduction of Meilan District:

Meilan District, formerly known as Zhendong District, is located in the center of the old city of Haikou (accounting for two thirds of the area of the old city). The earliest streets, villages, commercial ports and business districts in Haikou were all bred in Baishajin within its jurisdiction. Baishajin, also known as Baisha Port, Baishamen Port and Baishadu, also known as Shenying Port. As early as the Song Dynasty, it was already a place where merchant ships gathered. After the Republic of China, Baishafang is still the seat of the township government of Baisha Eight Villages (Baisha, Wei Yuan, Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, Shanwang, Baishamen, Xin 'an and Guogang).

Haidian Island, Xinbu Island, Simapo Island, North Hong Kong Island and other areas with high tourism development value and rich tropical island resources, biological resources and landscape resources are located in Meilan District. There is the third national mangrove nature reserve in Dongzhaigang in the world and the first in Asia, and the Qiongbei earthquake site in Dongzhaigang. Meilan International Airport, one of the top ten airports in China. Haiwen Expressway and Donghuan Railway run through the whole territory, and the transportation network in the area extends in all directions, and the facilities such as water supply, power supply, communication and medical care are relatively perfect.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Meilan District