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*''Chinese'': 海南 ''(Hǎinán)''
Hainan is an island in the South China Sea. Located immediately south of the western-most parts of [[Guangdong province]], it lies between Vietnam to the west, and [[Macao]] and [[Hong Kong]] along the coast to the east. A [[Provinces of China|province]] unto itself, its provincial capital is at the northern "entrance" or "mouth" of the island, and is appropriately called Hǎikǒu. The province's single-character abbreviation is ''Qióng'' (瓊).
By the mid-to-late [[Ming Dynasty]], Hainan had been incorporated into the empire, and was administered by a provincial governor. As late as the 1580s, however, [[Han Chinese]] settlers on the island were still clashing with indigenous peoples there. The waters around Hainan were also home to many ''[[wako|wakô]]'' pirates/smugglers/raiders.<ref>Ray Huang, ''1587: A Year of No Significance'', Yale University Press (1981), 151.</ref>
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Hainan is an island in the South China Sea. Located immediately south of the western-most parts of [[Guangdong province]], it lies between Vietnam to the west, and [[Macao]] and [[Hong Kong]] along the coast to the east. A [[Provinces of China|province]] unto itself, its provincial capital is at the northern "entrance" or "mouth" of the island, and is appropriately called Hǎikǒu. The province's single-character abbreviation is ''Qióng'' (瓊).
By the mid-to-late [[Ming Dynasty]], Hainan had been incorporated into the empire, and was administered by a provincial governor. As late as the 1580s, however, [[Han Chinese]] settlers on the island were still clashing with indigenous peoples there. The waters around Hainan were also home to many ''[[wako|wakô]]'' pirates/smugglers/raiders.<ref>Ray Huang, ''1587: A Year of No Significance'', Yale University Press (1981), 151.</ref>
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