OverviewoftheProvince
"Hainan"whichliterallymeans"SouthoftheSea",isaprovinceoffthesoutherncoastofChinaintheSouthChinaSea,whichconsistsofseveralislands,thelargestofwhichisHainanIsland.ItisseparatedfromthemainlandChinabyanarrowstrait.ItisnotonlythesouthernmostprovinceinallofChina,butalso,withanareaofroughly13,200squaremiles,itisthesmallest.ItscapitalcityisHaikou,whichislocatedonthenortherncoastoftheisland.ThelandofHainanprovinceismadeupofvastcoastlinewithnaturalharborsontheoutside,andhills,valleysandmountainsfilledwithriversandstreamsontheinterior.Theclimateoftheprovinceisextremelytropical.Attimesduringtherainyseason,temperaturesreachthe80'sandareaccompaniedbyheavydownpours.Hainanisextremelypronetotyphoons,whichgenerallycausesevereflooding.Theislandiscoveredwithredsoilanddensetropicalrainforest.Thelowerelevatedareasproducericethreetimesayear.