Nada, Danzhou

Nada 儋州市 那大镇
Town
Town of Nada, City of Danzhou
Nada at night
Nada Location in Hainan
Coordinates (Danzhou government): 19°31′15″N 109°34′50″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hainan
Prefecture-level city	Danzhou
Area
• Town	194.05 km^2 (74.92 sq mi)
• Urban	25 km^2 (10 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Town	220,000
• Density	1,100/km^2 (2,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	www.dna.gov.cn

Nada Town (Chinese: 那大镇; pinyin: Nàdà) is a township under Danzhou city, Hainan province, China. Nada was established more than 400 years ago, and has been the administrative seat and urban center of Danzhou (formerly Dan County) since 1958. It has a population of 220,000 as of 2010.

Location

Nada is located in northwestern Hainan, 137 kilometres (85 mi) from the provincial capital Haikou city, and 288 kilometres (179 mi) from Sanya by expressway. It covers a total area of 238.76 square kilometres (92.19 sq mi),^[1] with a built-up area of 25 square kilometres (9.7 sq mi).^[2]

History

Nada was founded more than 400 years ago with the merger of the villages of Nanian (那念) and Datong (大同). The name Nada was formed from the first syllables of the two villages.^[1][3] During the early 1950s, Nada was part of the seventh district of Dan County (Danxian). Nada County was established in May 1957, with Nada Town as its seat. In December 1958, Nada County was merged into Dan County, but the seat of Dan County was moved from Xinzhou to Nada Town. The town was called Nada Commune from 1958 to 1981, and its outskirts were split off as Qianjin Commune (later Qianjin District) in 1977, but merged back into Nada in 1987.^[1]

American Christian missionaries called the town Nodoa, and established a station there in 1888.^[4]

Administrative divisions

As of 2013, Nada has 11 residential communities (社区), 21 villages, and 8 farms under its administration.^[5]

Demographics

As of the 2010 National Census, Nada has a population of 220,000.^[6] Its residents speak a variety of languages and dialects, including Danzhou dialect, Cantonese, Hakka, Hainanese, Hlai, Miao, and Lingao. Mandarin is also widely spoken.^[1]

Economy

In 2013, Nada's GDP grew by 23.3% to 5.8 billion yuan, including 0.5 billion from the primary sector, 2.33 billion from the secondary sector, and 2.96 billion from the tertiary sector (service). The per capita disposable income for urban residents was 22,310 yuan.^[2]

Transportation

The area will be served by Danzhou Airport, an under-construction airport in approximately 25 km northeast of Nada.^[7] It will be international-class, built to handle the increasing number of tourists visiting the area.^[8][9][10]

See also

• List of township-level divisions of Hainan

References

1. "Overview of Nada Town" (in Simplified Chinese). Government of Nada. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
2. "Nada Town" (in Simplified Chinese). Government of Danzhou. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
3. Ye Di (1986). 广东地名探源 [Origins of Guangdong Place Names]. Guangdong Map Publishing. p. 87.
4. Anderson, Gerald H. (1999). Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-8028-4680-8.
5. 2013年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码: 那大镇 (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2015-02-22.
6. "Danzhou City". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
7. "Coordinate Distance Calculator".
8. "Profile on Danzhou Airport - CAPA - Centre for Aviation".
9. "A new airport on Hainan Island to be built in Danzhou". Archived from the original on 2016-02-15. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
10. "儋州机场选址初定梅花岭 张琦严朝君出席会议并讲话". Danzhou City Government.

External links

• Media related to Nada, Hainan at Wikimedia Commons