Up to 2022, Beihai contains 3 districts and 1 county, which are subdivided into 7 urban sub-districts, 22 towns, 1 townships, 95 neighborhood committees, 336 village committees. (see also Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#Levels)4
After the 1876 Sino-British Treaty of Yantai, eight Western nations (the UK, US, Germany, Austria-Hungary, France, Italy, Portugal, and Belgium) set up consulates, hospitals, churches, schools, and maritime customs. Today, 15 of these western buildings remain in Beihai. It officially became an international tourist spot (旅游对外开放城市) in 1982.
Beihai has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa), with mild to warm winters and long, hot (but not especially) summers, and very humid conditions year-round. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 14.6 °C (58.3 °F) in January to 29.0 °C (84.2 °F) in July, while extremes have ranged from 2.6 to 37.1 °C (37 to 99 °F). Rain is both the heaviest and most frequent from June to September, when 70% of the annual rainfall also occurs. This is in contrast to the autumn and winter months, where only 20 to 40 millimetres (0.79 to 1.57 in) of rain falls per month. The area receives about 2,000 hours of sunshine annually.5 Extremes since 1951 have ranged from 2.0 °C (36 °F) (unofficial record of 0 °C (32 °F) was set in January 1893 on an unknown date) to 37.1 °C (99 °F).6
Mandarin is of increasing prevalence as a result of the Chinese government's general promotion of it.
Beihai is served by Beihai Fucheng Airport (BHY). It serves domestic destinations and also Hong Kong.
Beihai is served by a railway branch from Nanning. There are passenger trains to Nanning and Guilin.11 At the end of 2013, the introduction of high-speed (D-series) train service to Beihai was announced as well.12
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