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It governs the islands of Weizhou|Weizhou and Xieyang, and is north of Hainan Island. Beihai contains 3 districts and one county, which are subdivided into five urban sub-districts, 23 towns, 3 townships, 87 neighborhood committees, 343 village committees. (see also Political divisions of China#Levels)
After the 1876 Sino-British Treaty of Yantai, eight Western nations (United Kingdom|UK, United States|US, Germany, Austria-Hungary, France, Italy, Portugal, and Belgium) set up embassies, hospitals, churches, schools, and maritime customs. Today, 15 of these western buildings remain in Beihai. It officially became an international tourist spot (旅遊對外開放城市) in 1982. Administration
Beihai has a great higher high tides at September 1, with the tides being 5 metres (16 feet). Most ports have around 2 metres of higher high tide; Honolulu has 0.5 metre.
Guangxi Category:Cities in Guangxi zh:北海市 This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Beihai".
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