South China
Guangxi
South Guangxi

Weizhou

Weizhou is 's biggest and youngest volcanic island. It lies 39 km south of 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.
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  • 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 include Weizhou Shengtang Church.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Weizhou.

Town
(simplified Chinese: 涠洲镇; traditional Chinese: 潿洲鎮; pinyin: Wéizhōu Zhèn; Jyutping: Wai4zau1 Zan and with a population of 15,900. It includes 2 neighborhood committees, 9 village committees.

Weizhou

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
node 2631607748
Geo­Names ID
1791563
Wiki­data ID
Q749662
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Vietnamese—“Weizhou” goes by many names.
  • 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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Weizhou”. Photo: Divzero, CC BY-SA 3.0.