Lingshui Li Autonomous County

Lingshui Li Autonomous County
陵水黎族自治县
Autonomous County
Lingshui Li Autonomous County

Location in Hainan

Coordinates: 18°33′00″N 110°02′05″E / 18.549928°N 110.034728°E / 18.549928; 110.034728
Country China
Province Hainan
Population (1999)
 • Total 318,691
Time zone China standard time (UTC+8)

Língshuǐ Li Autonomous County (postal: Lingshui) is an autonomous county in Hainan, China. It is one of the six autonomous counties of Hainan with a postal code of 572400, and in 1999 a population of 318,691, largely made up of the Li people. Notably the beautiful Nuiling (牛岭) mountain delimits the tropical area of the county. A well-known natural sight, part of the Chinese Riviera is Xiangshuiwan or Perfume bay (香水湾). Monkey Island, a popular tourist destination located in Lingshui County, is a state-protected nature reserve for macaques. Lingshui is also home to the military base where a U.S airplane crew were held during the Hainan Island incident in 2001. In September 2010, officials signed and scheduled the construction of the largest sea world theme park in Asia.[1] The Lingshui Li'an Harbor Ocean Theme Park signing ceremony took place at the Narada Resort in Perfume Bay[2] and the opening is planned for 2013.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120331182539/http://www.thoughts.com/fwulong/why-did-sea-theme-park-settle-in-lingshui/. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ "First signs of the trend in developing Hainan theme parks". Haikou Municipal Government. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120425064438/http://www.china-daily.org/China-News/Hainan-will-build-the-next-ten-years-theme-park-Figure/. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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Coordinates: 18°33′00″N 110°02′05″E / 18.549928°N 110.034728°E / 18.549928; 110.034728

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