Separated by a strait of the same name from the Leizhou Bandao peninsula, indigenous tribes make up about one third of the island's population, and ethnic Chinese make up the rest.
Separated by a strait of the same name from the Leizhou Bandao peninsula, indigenous tribes make up about one third of the island's population, and ethnic Chinese make up the rest. It was occupied by Japan in 1939, after being a Chinese possession since 111 B.C., and was taken by the Chinese communists in 1950. Formerly belonging to Guangdong provice, it became its own province in 1988. Its capital, largest city and primary seaport is Haikou, located on the northern coast. FTP, name this largest island controlled by the People's Republic of China, bordered on the west by the Gulf of Tonkin.
Separated by a strait of the same name from the Leizhou Bandao peninsula, indigenous tribes make up about one third of the island's population, and ethnic Chinese make up the rest.
Hainan