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Weizhou (涠洲; pinyin: W?izhōu) is a People's Republic of China|Chinese island in the Gulf of Tonkin. The largest island of Guangxi province, Weizhou is east of Leizhou Peninsula, south of Beihai, and west of Vietnam.

• Area: 24.74-square kilometre|km?

• Temperature: 23 Celsius|?C

• Precipitation (meteorology)|Precipitation: 1863 mm

Its north-south length is 6.5 km, east-west 6 km. The coast is 15.6 km, with 6-10 km of sandy beach. Weizhou is higher in the south, where there is Nanwan Port (南灣港; pinyin: n?nwān gǎng).

From 1869 to 1879, the France|French built a Gothic architecture|Gothic-style 15-metre Catholic church in Shengtang Village (盛塘村; pinyin: sh?ngt?ng cūn), Weizhou. Weizhou Chengzai Church (城仔教堂) was built in 1880, also by French Catholics.

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Weizhou (pinyin: W?izhōu) is a town of Haicheng District, Beihai City, Guangxi. It includes Weizhou Island (see above) and a smaller 1.89-km? Xieyang (斜阳) Island. It includes 2 neighborhood committees, 9 village committees.

• Area: 26.63 km?

• Population: 15,900

Last Modified:   2005-04-13