2025-02-11
Sanya, formerly known as Yazhou, has a long history. The site of the Sanya People of 10,000 years ago discovered in the Luobi Cave in October 1992 and November 1993 is the earliest known human settlement site in Hainan Island, and the southernmost Paleolithic cultural site in China, which advances Hainan's human history by two to three thousand years.
2019-05-17
Yazhou Central Fishing Port is the youngest fishing port of Hainan Island, and also the fishing port with the most comprehensive functions.
2019-04-29
Back in 1978, when reform and opening up was initiated, the city of Sanya was known as Ya County, part of the Li-Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Hainan in Guangdong Province. In May 1984, it was renamed Sanya city (county-level).
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