Nan'ao County

Nan'ao County 南澳县
—  County  —
Nan'ao Location in Guangdong
Coordinates: 23°26′N 117°01′E / 23.433°N 117.017°E / 23.433; 117.017Coordinates: 23°26′N 117°01′E / 23.433°N 117.017°E / 23.433; 117.017
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
Prefecture-level city	Shantou
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code

Nan'ao County (simplified Chinese: 南澳县; traditional Chinese: 南澳縣; pinyin: Nán'ào Xiàn) is a county of Shantou, Guangdong, China.

Geographically, the main part of the county is the island of Nan'ao, which lies 2 – 5 miles off the coast of Guangdong. The county also includes a few minor islands nearby, in particular the Nanpeng Archipelago (南澎列岛, Nanpeng Liedao), a chain of islets located some 30 kilometres (19 mi) to the southeast from the Nan'ao Island.

The county has a land area of 108 square kilometres (42 sq mi), and a population of 70,000.

Nan'ao island lies on the Tropic of Cancer.

History

In 1950 Nan'ao Island was the scene of a battle (Battle of Nan'ao Island) fought between the nationalists and the communists during the Chinese Civil War. A smaller battle (Battle of Nanpēng Archipelago) was fought in 1952 on the nearby Nanpeng islands.

An important Ming-era shipwreck, nicknamed Nan'ao One, was recently excavated off Nan'ao Island.^[1]

References

External links

• Official website of Nan'ao County Government (Chinese)

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