Língshuǐ Li Autonomous County is an autonomous county in
Hainan
Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , the largest and most populous island in China,The island of Taiwan, which is slightly l ...
, China. It is one of the six
autonomous counties
Autonomous counties () and autonomous banners () are county-level autonomous administrative divisions of China. The two are essentially identical except in name.
There are 117 autonomous counties and three autonomous banners. The latter are fo ...
of Hainan with a postal code of 572400, and in 1999 a population of 318,691, largely made up of the
Li people. Notably the beautiful Niuling () mountain delimits the tropical area of the county. A well-known natural sight, part of the
Chinese Riviera The term Chinese Riviera is used for several premier tourist destinations in China:
* Coastal areas in the city of Zhuhai, Guangdong Province.
* The south-eastern coast of Hainan, from Haitang Bay in Sanya
Sanya (; also spelled Samah) is the ...
is ''Xiangshuiwan'' or
Perfume bay
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().
Monkey Island
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, a popular tourist destination located in Lingshui County, is a state-protected nature reserve for
macaques. Lingshui is also home to the military base where a U.S. airplane crew were held during the
Hainan Island incident
The Hainan Island incident occurred on April 1, 2001, when a United States Navy EP-3E ARIES II signals intelligence aircraft and a People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) J-8II interceptor fighter jet collided in mid-air, resulting in an inte ...
in 2001. In September 2010, officials signed and scheduled the construction of the largest sea world theme park in Asia.
The Lingshui Li'an Harbor Ocean Theme Park signing ceremony took place at the Narada Resort in Perfume Bay and the opening is planned for 2013.
Climate
See also
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List of administrative divisions of Hainan
Hainan uses a slightly different administrative system from other administrative regions of China. Most other provinces are divided entirely into prefecture-level divisions, each of which is then divided entirely into county-level divisions, wh ...
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Lingshui Li Autonomous County
Língshuǐ Li Autonomous County is an autonomous county in Hainan, China. It is one of the six autonomous counties of Hainan with a postal code of 572400, and in 1999 a population of 318,691, largely made up of the Li people. Notably the beautifu ...
Li autonomous counties
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