Haidian Island
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Haidian Island is an island that forms part of the city of Haikou
, Hainan
province, China
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Hainan University
's main campus is located on Haidian Island which is also home to Baishamen Park, an ocean-side recreational leisure facility located on the north coast.
Haikou
Hǎikǒu , is the capital and most populous city of Hainan Province, in the People's Republic of China. It is situated on the northern coast of Hainan, by the mouth of the Nandu River...
, Hainan
Hainan
Hainan is the smallest province of the People's Republic of China . Although the province comprises some two hundred islands scattered among three archipelagos off the southern coast, of its land mass is Hainan Island , from which the province takes its name...
province, China
China
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Hainan University
Hainan University
Hainan University -History:The original Hainan university was established in 1983. It was a key provincial university. On August 14, 2007, the Ministry of Education approved the merger of the South China University of Tropical Agriculture and Hainan University merged into a single which kept the...
's main campus is located on Haidian Island which is also home to Baishamen Park, an ocean-side recreational leisure facility located on the north coast.
Access
The island is accessible via four bridges:- Haikou Century BridgeHaikou Century BridgeHaikou Century Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in Haikou city, the capital of Hainan province in People's Republic of China.The bridge was built to link the main part of Haikou city to Haidian Island, a district separated from Hainan Island by the Nandu River...
crosses the mouth of the Haidian River from the main part of Haikou, at the north end of Long Kun North Road (龙昆北路), connecting with the end of Haidian West 5th Road （海甸五西路).
- Renmin Bridge (人民大桥) crosses a narrow section of the Haidian River linking Changdi Road (长堤路) with Renmin Avenue (人民大道).
- Heping Bridge （和平大桥) connects Changdi Road and Heping Avenue (和平大桥) across the Haidian River.
- Xinbu Bridge spans a branch of the Nandu RiverNandu RiverThe Nandu River is the longest river in Hainan province, China. Its tributary is the Xinwu River. The river discharges into the Nandu River estuary in Haikou city, and then into Qiongzhou Strait.- External links :* with Chinese names and useful data*...
to link Xinbu IslandXinbu IslandXinbu Island is located adjacent to Haidian Island in Haikou, Hainan, ChinaThe island, located at the mouth of the Nandu River has a population of approximately 4,000 people.Plans to develop a new yacht port on the island are underway....
(新埠岛) with Haidian East 5th Road (海甸五栋路).
Notable locations
- Hainan UniversityHainan UniversityHainan University -History:The original Hainan university was established in 1983. It was a key provincial university. On August 14, 2007, the Ministry of Education approved the merger of the South China University of Tropical Agriculture and Hainan University merged into a single which kept the...
's main campus is situated between Haidian West 3rd Road and Haidian West 5th Road.
- Created in 2010, Baishamen Park, an ocean-side recreational leisure facility is located on the north coast.
- Baishamen LighthouseBaisha Men LighthouseBaishamen Lighthouse , located in the province of Hainan, China, is the sixth tallest lighthouse in the world, and the second tallest in China. Rising from a 3-storey hexagonal base, this structure is tall. This active lighthouse has a focal plane of with a white flash every 6 seconds...
, the second tallest in China and sixth tallest in the world, is located at the northwest corner of the island.