Approved on June 21, 2012, by the State Council of China, Sansha was founded on July 24, 2012, as the youngest prefecture-level city of China, with a land areaof only 4 square miles (10 square kilometers), the smallest in China. The city government is based on Woody Island or Yongxingdao, covering about 2 square kilometers (494 acres).
The following are basic facts about Sansha Hainan Island:
Chinese Name: 三沙 (sān shā)
So far, Sansha City is not open to Foreigners yet. Sansha Yongxing Airport (IATA Code: XYI) opened its first and only flight to Haikou in late 2016. But the flight is not for tourists, but for the personnel with certain government certificates.
Chinese tourists can visit Sansha City on a 4-day 3-night cruise ship from Sanya.
The climate in Sansha is tropical marine, hot and humid all year-round. The annual average temperature is around 28.8 C for Nansha Islands with almost no temperature differences in the whole year. There are 2 seasons: the Raining season is June till October, also typhoon seas and the dry season is November till March.
