Fangchenggang
Fangchenggang (Chinese: 防城港 ''The port of Fangcheng'') is a prefecture-level city in the south of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. The city was formerly called "Fangcheng Pan-Ethnicities Autonomous County" (25 December 1978 – 23 May 1993).
Fangchenggang
防城港市 • Fangzcwngzgangj Si | |
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Prefecture-level city | |
Location of Fangchenggang City jurisdiction in Guangxi | |
Fangchenggang Location in China | |
| Coordinates (Fangchenggang government): 21°41′12″N 108°21′17″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Guangxi |
| Municipal seat | Gangkou District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,181 km2 (2,386 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 1,059,100 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | CN¥ 81.6 billion US$ 12.6 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 77,548 US$ 12,020 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 538000 |
| Area code | 0770 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-GX-06 |
| Website | fcgs |
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Chinese | 防城港市 | ||||||||||
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| Vietnamese name | |||||||||||
| Vietnamese alphabet | Thành phố Phòng Thành Cảng | ||||||||||
| Chữ Hán | 城庯防城港 | ||||||||||
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| Zhuang | Fangzcwngzgangj Si | ||||||||||
| 1957 orthography | Faŋƨcɯŋƨgaŋз Si | ||||||||||
Fangcheng is the southernmost port in China and is located in Fangchenggang. It primarily services bulk carriers, of up to 180,000 deadweight tonnes in size. The closest airport is located in Van Don, about 91 km away (1 hours drive). As of December 2018, the region had large amounts of land reclamation in progress to build new and additional ports.
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