Wenchang City

Wenchang (Chinese: 文昌) is a county-level city located in the north east of Hainan province, China. It was promoted from a county to a city on November 7, 1995 and had a population of 86,551 in 1999 (estimated 2006: 115,000). Wenchang is the source of most overseas Hainanese migrants with the majority of Singapore's Hainanese population having ancestral roots in Wenchang. Wenchang Hainanese is considered to be the most prestige accent of the Hainanese language and is used by the provincial broadcasting media.

Tianmeidong, a village located in Wenchang, received international attention in 2007 when they changed their name to Tianweiban; officials were unsure how to type the final character of the new name on computers, causing various difficulties for villagers.

Postcode:571300

Dialing code: 0898

Statistics:

Area: 2403 km²

Famous Places:

Qinglan Harbour

Temple of Confucius

Ancestral home of the Soong sisters: Soong Ching-ling, Soong Ai-ling, Soong May-ling (Wenchang was the birthplace of their father Charlie Soong)