Sansha City is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hainan Province, located in the south-central South China Sea of China and the south of Hainan Province. The islands, reefs and sea areas under the jurisdiction of Xisha Islands, zhongsha islands and Nansha Islands have a land area of more than 20 square kilometers and a land and sea area of about 2 million square kilometers. Sansha City has Xisha District and Nansha District, and governs 10 communities.
Sansha has a tropical maritime monsoon climate. Directly exposed to the sun twice a year, the annual total solar radiation is 140 kcal/cm2. It is summer weather all year round, and the heat and temperature are the highest in China, but there are few hot summers due to the adjustment of the ocean. The northeast monsoon prevailed from June to March in 65438, and the southwest monsoon prevailed from May to September.
Famous scenic spot
Yongxing Island, covering an area of 3.08 square kilometers, is located in Yongxing Reef Plate of Xuande Atoll in the east of Xisha Islands. From the edge of the island to the middle, there are beaches, sand dikes, sand mats and depressions in turn. Before filling the island, it looks like an ellipse. The highest point of the island is the sandbar in the northwest, and the Shidao in the north is as high as 15.9 meters. There are dense trees on the island, most of which are coconut trees, and there are more than 1000 trees over a hundred years old.
Shidao is the only rock island in the Xisha Islands, named after most of the rocks on the island are exposed. The vast flat land on the island is conducive to building lighthouses and houses. Mud holes on the surrounding cliffs are large and small, and the large ones can freely enter for sightseeing, becoming the scenic spot of Land Rover Range Rover in Shidao. There is a large coral reef beach between Shidao and Yongxing Island. At low tide, you can clearly see the rocks under the water. Seen from a distance, it is a large blue and green flat land.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Shidao