Wenchang

For a deity in Chinese mythology, see Wenchang Wang.

Wenchang 文昌市
County-level & Sub-prefectural city
Wennan Old Street
Wenchang City jurisdiction in Hainan
Wenchang Location of the city center in Hainan
Coordinates (Wenchang Park): 19°37′01″N 110°45′18″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hainan
Area
• County-level & Sub-prefectural city	2,403 km2 (928 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• County-level & Sub-prefectural city	537,428
• Density	223.6/km2 (579.2/sq mi)
• Metro	115,000
Time zone	UTC+8 (China standard time)
Postal code	571300
Area code	0898
Website	http://www.wenchang.gov.cn

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Wenchang (Chinese: 文昌; pinyin: Wénchāng; HTS: Bun²sio¹; postal: Mencheong) is a county-level city in the northeast of Hainan Island in China. Covering an area of 2,403 square kilometres (928 sq mi), the city has a coastline of 207 kilometres (129 mi), and is divided into 17 towns.

The city is a major target for typhoons in the northwestern Pacific, and experiences the most frequent and severe typhoon-induced storm surges in the South China Sea. The city is a major ancestral home of Chinese diaspora, with the local dish Wenchang chicken as an origin of Hainanese chicken rice in Southeast Asia. Since 2016, the city has also been home to China’s newest spaceport.