Weizhou
Weizhou is China's biggest and youngest volcanic island. It lies 39 km south of Beihai city in the Gulf of Tonkin, an arm of the South China Sea. With about 6 km from north to south and 5 km from east to west, the island covers a land area of about 25 km².
- Type: Island
- Description: Chinese island
- Also known as: “Guie Chau”, “San-chia-ts’un”, “Wai Chow”, “Waichao Tao”, “Waichow Island”, “Wei Chou Island”, “Wei-chou”, “Weichow Island”, “Weichow Tao”, “Wéizhōu Dǎo”, and “Weizhou Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Weizhou Shengtang Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Weizhou.
Weizhou
- Categories: Chinese AAAAA-rated tourist attraction and landform
- Location: South Guangxi, Guangxi, South China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
21.0453° or 21° 2′ 43″ north
Longitude
109.1127° or 109° 6′ 46″ east
Population
16,000
Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)
Open location code
7PHF24W7+43
OpenStreetMap ID
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Weizhou” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Վեյճոու կղզի”
- Basque: “Weizhou uhartea”
- Cebuano: “Weizhou Dao”
- Chinese: “涠洲岛”
- Chinese: “潿洲島”
- Czech: “Wej-čou (ostrov)”
- Czech: “Wej-čou”
- Dutch: “Weizhou”
- Finnish: “Weizhousaari”
- French: “Weizhou”
- German: “Weizhou Dao”
- Italian: “Weizhou”
- Japanese: “潿洲島”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Weizhou”
- Russian: “Вэйчжоу (остров)”
- Russian: “Вэйчжоу”
- Spanish: “Isla Weizhou”
- Swedish: “Weizhou Dao”
- Vietnamese: “Vi Châu”
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