It is located at the southern end of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on the northeast coast of Beibu Gulf.

Beihai is a prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

It is 206 kilometers from the capital Nanning to the northwest, 198 kilometers from Zhanjiang, Guangdong to the east, and 147 nautical miles from Haikou City, Hainan to the southeast.

The terrain is generally high in the north and low in the south, with flat and open terrain; the climate is an oceanic monsoon climate with typical subtropical characteristics; it has jurisdiction over 3 districts and 1 county, with a total area of ??3,337 square kilometers.

The name "Beihai" in Beihai City, Guangxi comes from the fishing village of the same name "Beihai Village" in Dijiao Town, Haicheng District. Since the first people to develop this place were Danjia fishermen, they lived concentratedly in villages close to the shelter all year round, which faces the north.

The sea area (Beihai City is a peninsula), so this village is named "Beihai Village".

Extended information: On December 4, 1949, Beihai was liberated. On the 7th, the Beihai Administrative Committee was established. On the 20th, the former East and West Town Offices were taken over and the East and West Street People's Governments were established. Except for Weizhou Island, which had not yet been liberated, the urban area

Administration is still managed according to the jurisdiction of the old regime.

?In January 1950, the Guangdong Province South Road Special District was established and renamed Qinlian Special District, integrating the four counties of Pu, Fangcheng, Qinxian and Lingshan.

The special office is stationed in Beihai.

In May, the Beihai Town People's Government was established to replace the administrative functions of the Military and Political Committee.

It is under the leadership of Hepu County People's Government.

In June, grassroots political power at the township and sub-district level was established. In the urban area, there were six sub-district offices: Zhongshan Waijie, Zhongshan East Street, Zhongshan West Street, Zhuhai East Street, Zhuhai West Street and Xinmin Street; in the suburbs, there were Dongjing Township, Xijing Township,

Six township governments including Gaode Township, Qixing Township, Haidong Township and Weizhou Township.

In January 1951, Beihai Town was changed to a prefecture-level city. In March, the Beihai Municipal People's Government was established, directly under the leadership of the Guangdong Provincial Government.

The grassroots political power was changed. There were three district offices in the suburbs: District 1, District 4 and District 5, and two district governments in District 2 and District 3 were set up in the city.

In May, 4 counties (including Beihai City) under the jurisdiction of the Qinlian Commission of Guangdong Province were transferred to the leadership of Guangxi Province. In March 1952, they were placed under the jurisdiction of Guangxi Province. Beihai City changed the original 5 districts into 4 districts and divided them into 22 townships and 3 districts.

town.

In January 1953, Beihai City entrusted the leadership of the Qinzhou Prefectural Committee of the Communist Party of China, and the provincial and municipal levels remained unchanged.

Merge the 1st and 2nd district governments into suburbs.

The Second District Government has jurisdiction over 16 small villages and 2 towns.

The third district government is retained, with jurisdiction over 3 townships and 1 town.

The municipal government was renamed the First District People's Government and administered six residents' committees.

The three townships of Baojia, Pingyang and Juntun were placed under Hepu County.

On July 1, 1955, Beihai returned to Guangdong Province. The original provincial municipality structure remained unchanged and was transferred to the Hepu Prefectural Committee of the Communist Party of China.

In April 1956, Beihai City was changed to a county-level city. In July, Baojia, Juntun, and Pingyang Townships were once again placed under Beihai.

In November 1958, Beihai City was renamed Hepu County Beihai People's Commune, and the Beihai Municipal People's Government was renamed Beihai People's Commune Management Committee.

Communes and grassroots units were reorganized into divisional corps systems.

In June 1959, the organizational system of Beihai Commune was abolished, and Beihai was changed into a county-level town, under the jurisdiction of the Zhanjiang Special Administrative Office; the original regiments were changed into four communes: fishery, suburb, Weizhou, and town communes.

In February 1960, a water transport commune was added.

In April 1961, the commune system was adjusted from 5 to 8 communes: Town, Xitang, Gaode, Dijiao, Waisha, Hamtian, Weizhou, and Shuiyun, and 74 production brigades were established.

In October 1964, the county-level city system of Beihai was restored.

In June 1965, Beihai City was placed under the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and was under the jurisdiction of the newly established Qinzhou Commissioner's Office.

In April 1968, the Beihai Municipal Revolutionary Committee was established to implement unified leadership of the party and government.

In 1979, the Overseas Chinese Fishery Commune was established as a township-level organization.

In 1980, the Beihai Municipal Revolutionary Committee was abolished and the Beihai Municipal People's Government was restored, leaving the county-level city unchanged.

In October 1983, the prefecture-level city system of Beihai City was restored, under the direct leadership of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

In September 1984, the commune was abolished and the district and township (town) system was restored. Haicheng and suburban districts were established; Dijiao, Xingang (formerly the Overseas Chinese Fishery Commune, later renamed Qiaogang Town), and Weizhou towns; Gaode

, Xitang, and Xiantian 3 townships.

On July 1, 1987, Hepu County, which was originally part of Qinzhou area, was classified as a county under Beihai City.

In December 1993, Xitang Township and Xiantian Township, which belong to the suburbs, were converted into towns.

In February 1995, the administrative division of Beihai City was adjusted: the suburbs were abolished and Yinhai District was established. Hepu County was under the jurisdiction of Fucheng Town; Tieshangang District was added and the two towns of Nankang and Yingpan under Hepu County were under the jurisdiction, and Xingpan District was added.

Port Town; expand the administrative area of ??Haicheng District.

The administrative division of Beihai City is divided into 1 county and 3 districts.