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: nnwān gǎng).
From 1869 to 1879, the French built a Gothic-style 15-metre Catholic church in Shengtang Village (盛塘村; pinyin: shngtng cūn), Weizhou. Weizhou Chengzai Church (城仔教堂) was built in 1880, also by French Catholics.
Weizhou (pinyin: Wizhōu) 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
External links
Official site (http://www.beihai.gov.cn/hczfw/xiaguanxiangzhen/weizhouzhen.htm) (in Simplified Chinese)
Weizhou is higher in the south, where there is Nanwan Port (南灣港; pinyin: n?nwān gǎng).
From 1869 to 1879, the FranceFrench built a Gothic architectureGothic-style 15-metre Catholic church in Shengtang Village (盛塘村; pinyin: sh?ngt?ng cūn), Weizhou.
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